He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed. Friedrich Nietzsche truthinspirationalpeople I am driven out of fatherlands and motherlands. Thus I now love only my children's land, yet undiscovered, in the farthest sea; for this I bid my sails search and search. Friedrich Nietzsche futureseachildren Anything which is a living and not a dying body... will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive to grow, spread, seize, become predominant - not from any morality or immorality but because it is living and because life simply is will to power... 'Exploitation'... belongs to the essence of what lives, as a basic organic function; it is a consequence of the will to power, which is after all the will to life. Friedrich Nietzsche dyingessenceevil And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Friedrich Nietzsche musicinspirationallife On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks! Friedrich Nietzsche eaglessolitudetree The secret of realizing the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships out into uncharted seas! Live in conflict with your equals and with yourselves! Be robbers and ravagers as soon as you ca not be rulers and owners, you men of knowledge! The time will soon past when you could be content to live concealed int he woods like timid deer! Friedrich Nietzsche seamenpast I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed. Friedrich Nietzsche threedeedsdarkness There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe. Friedrich Nietzsche inspirationaltwobelieve The belief in authority is the source of conscience; which is therefore not the voice of God in the heart of man, but the voice of some men in man. Friedrich Nietzsche voiceheartmen But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods. Friedrich Nietzsche free-spiritdogpeople There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. Friedrich Nietzsche words-of-wisdomrocksblock That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind. Friedrich Nietzsche passionresponsibilitymen You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Friedrich Nietzsche bullyinginspirationallife To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. Friedrich Nietzsche world-sufferingbullyingsuffering Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal. Friedrich Nietzsche rehearsalenjoy-lifedresses Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche partycrazydepression The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,' and altogether everything that is the 'virtue of the herd.' If he cannot lead, he goes alone... He knows he is incommunicable: he finds it tasteless to be familiar... When not speaking to himself, he wears a mask. There is a solitude within him that is inaccessible to praise or blame. Friedrich Nietzsche opinionsolitudemen I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. Friedrich Nietzsche trustrelationshipcheating Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Friedrich Nietzsche wisdominspirationallife One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power. Friedrich Nietzsche hateforeverlove
