He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche What do we have in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew lies on its body? Friedrich Nietzsche dew common lying Every habit makes our hand more witty and our wit less handy. Friedrich Nietzsche habit witty hands Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion. Friedrich Nietzsche illusion veils action Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence. Friedrich Nietzsche innocence greatness mean I am no man, I am dynamite. Friedrich Nietzsche dynamite men In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange. Friedrich Nietzsche strange ends patience Love, too, has to be learned. Friedrich Nietzsche students inspirational That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts. Friedrich Nietzsche heart I have learned to walk: since then I have run. I have learned to fly: since then I do not have to be pushed in order to move. Now I am nimble, now I fly, now I see myself under myself, now a god dances within me. Friedrich Nietzsche running order moving You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening? Friedrich Nietzsche life-is-hard pride morning I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that. Friedrich Nietzsche forgive-me forgiving yesterday You should seek your enemy, you should wage your war - a war for your opinions. And when your opinion is defeatedy our honesty should still cry triumph over that! Friedrich Nietzsche honesty war enemy Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense. Friedrich Nietzsche tense imperfect existence Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion. Friedrich Nietzsche able fashion forget Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth. Friedrich Nietzsche harder sometimes The bite of conscience is indecent. Friedrich Nietzsche conscience bites One has to know the size of one's stomach. Friedrich Nietzsche know-thyself stomach size Energy wasted on negative ends. Friedrich Nietzsche energy ends negative We can destroy only as creators Friedrich Nietzsche creator One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity. Friedrich Nietzsche pain pride taken
