In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche My brother, are war and battle evil? Necessary, however, is the evil; necessary are the envy and the distrust and the back-biting among the virtues. Friedrich Nietzsche brother evil war In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. Friedrich Nietzsche atheist fear reality When you gaze long into the Abyss of Sustainability, the Abyss of Sustainability also gazes into you. Friedrich Nietzsche abyss sustainability long The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow. Friedrich Nietzsche words-of-wisdom atheism men no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any Friedrich Nietzsche soul rights doubt At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of immortality in his heart; all the stars seem to glimmer around him, and the earth seems to sink ever deeper downwards. Friedrich Nietzsche stars dream heart Will, pure will, without the troubles and complexities of intellect - how happy! how free! Friedrich Nietzsche intriguing intellect trouble We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. Friedrich Nietzsche butterfly flower children It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad. Friedrich Nietzsche certitude mad doubt That every will must consider every other will its equal would be a principle hostile to life, an agent of the dissolution and destruction of man, an attempt to assassinate the future of man, a sign of weariness, a secret path to nothingness. Friedrich Nietzsche principles secret men Pitch-black winter nights live in my bones. Friedrich Nietzsche black winter night My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal. Friedrich Nietzsche lines goal happiness It is the stillest words that bring the storm. Friedrich Nietzsche storm Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves. Friedrich Nietzsche nihilism doe mean The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world. Friedrich Nietzsche motivational life art A change of values - that means, a change of the creators of values. He who has to be a creator always has to destroy. Friedrich Nietzsche creator values mean We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us. Friedrich Nietzsche evaluate values Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things. Friedrich Nietzsche truth fear knowledge If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him. Friedrich Nietzsche tyrants evil law Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself. Friedrich Nietzsche jealous mother son