He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens! Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche Love is more afraid of change than destruction. Friedrich Nietzsche destruction confusion love-is Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired. Friedrich Nietzsche philosophical one-love desire Something might be true while being harmful and dangerous in the highest degree. Indeed, it might be a basic characteristic of existence that those who know it completely would perish, in which case the strength of a spirit should be measured according to how much of the 'truth' one could still barely endure- or to put it more clearly, to what degree one would require it to be thinned down, shrouded, sweetened, blunted, falsified. Friedrich Nietzsche truth courage integrity A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and to subdue all that resists it. But he encounters the power of others, and comes to an arrangement, a union, with those that are like him: thus they work together to serve the will to power. And the process goes on. Friedrich Nietzsche encounters political working-together One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. Friedrich Nietzsche argument tone opinion A vocation makes us unthinking; that is its greatest blessing. For it is a bulwark behind which we are permitted to withdraw whencommonplace doubts and cares assail us. Friedrich Nietzsche care blessing doubt It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements. Friedrich Nietzsche good-and-bad improvement feels The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make this transition, art is far rather to be employed to relieve the mind overburdened with emotions. Out of the illogical comes much good. It is so firmly rooted in the passions, in language, in art, in religion, and generally in everything which gives value to life. It is only the naive people who can believe that the nature of man can be changed into a purely logical one. We have yet to learn that others can suffer, and this can never be completely learned. Friedrich Nietzsche passion believe art The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad. Friedrich Nietzsche christian religion thinking We possess art lest we perish of the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche art Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you. Friedrich Nietzsche inspirational philosophy people You implanted your highest goal into the heart of those passions: then they became your virtues and joys. Friedrich Nietzsche passion goal heart A person must have a good memory to keep the promises he has made. A person must have a strong imagination to be able to have pity. So closely is morality tied to the quality of the intellect. Friedrich Nietzsche strong imagination memories The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice. Friedrich Nietzsche doctrine equality justice Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell. Friedrich Nietzsche afterlife government funny The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. Friedrich Nietzsche friday atheist christian If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you. Friedrich Nietzsche abyss enough long Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy: when others are happy they have nothing to do, they become superfluous and lose their feeling of superiority, and so they easily show their displeasure. Friedrich Nietzsche feelings joy sympathy The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed ? the deed is everything. Friedrich Nietzsche doers deeds fiction The misunderstanding of passion and reason, as if the latter were an independent entity and not rather a system of relations between various passions and desires; and as if every passion did not possess its quantum of reason. Friedrich Nietzsche independent passion desire