In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche We belong to an age whose culture is in danger of perishing through the means to culture. Friedrich Nietzsche age mean culture Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished. Friedrich Nietzsche modern marriage lost The child as a monument to the passion of two people; the will to oneness in two. Friedrich Nietzsche passion two children Time, space, and causality are only metaphors of knowledge, with which we explain things to ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche causality space time We pay dearly for immortality: we die for it more than once during our lifetimes. Friedrich Nietzsche immortality lifetime pay He who seeks intelligence lacks intelligence. Friedrich Nietzsche wit spirit The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile. Friedrich Nietzsche wittiest evoke wit Not with wrath do we kill, but with laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity! Friedrich Nietzsche laughter wrath spirit Around the hero everything turns into a tragedy, around the demigod, a satyr-play, and around God--what? perhaps a "world"? Friedrich Nietzsche hero god play When gods die, they always die many sorts of death. Friedrich Nietzsche dies god Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all organic life (contrary to "happiness" as "goal"). Friedrich Nietzsche goal power suffering Mathematics is merely the means to a general and ultimate knowledge of man. Friedrich Nietzsche mathematics men mean Noble and wise men once believed in the music of the spheres: noble and wise men still continue to believe in the "moral significance of existence." But one day even this sphere-music will no longer be audible to them! They will wake up and take note that their ears were dreaming. Friedrich Nietzsche wise dream believe I awoke you from your sleep because I saw that you were having a nightmare. And now you are cross and say to me: "What are we supposed to do now? Everything is still night!" You ingrates! You should go to sleep again and dream better. Friedrich Nietzsche dream sleep night We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage. Friedrich Nietzsche danger running way We seldom break a leg as long as we are climbing wearily upwards in our lives, instead we do it when we start going easy on ourselves and choosing the comfortable paths. Friedrich Nietzsche break-a-leg climbing long A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.--What was that god thinking who counseled, "Know thyself!" Did he perhaps mean,"Cease to concern yourself! Become objective!"--And Socrates?--And "scientific men"? Friedrich Nietzsche men mean thinking A thing can only live through a pious illusion. Friedrich Nietzsche pious illusion One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace one nevertheless tells the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche telling-the-truth mouths lying When you stare into an abyss for a long time, the abyss also stares into you. Friedrich Nietzsche abyss staring long
