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 must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is! Friedrich Nietzsche pity becoming compassion When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one. Friedrich Nietzsche sacrifice choices self I too have been in the underworld, as was Odysseus, and I will often be there again; not only sheep have I sacrificed so as to beable to speak with a few dead souls, but neither have I spared my own blood as well. Friedrich Nietzsche often-is sheep blood We take a fancy to something: and scarcely have we thoroughly taken a fancy to it when that tyrant in us calls out: "Give me thatin sacrifice"--and we give it. Friedrich Nietzsche tyrants sacrifice taken If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy. Friedrich Nietzsche dragons hero men When we have a great goal we are superior even to justice, not merely to our deeds and our judges. Friedrich Nietzsche goal judging justice In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required--acting as though we do not see through the motivesof their actions. Friedrich Nietzsche hypocrisy kindness people Love and hatred are not blind, but are blinded by the fire they bear within themselves. Friedrich Nietzsche hate hatred fire The most welcome joke to me is the one that takes the place of a heavy, not altogether innocuous thought, at once a cautionary hint of the finger and a flash of the eye. Friedrich Nietzsche welcome hints eye When I contemplated purpose I also contemplated chance and foolishness. Friedrich Nietzsche foolishness chance purpose We talk about taking "pleasure in a thing": but in truth it is pleasure in ourselves, mediated by a thing. Friedrich Nietzsche pleasure He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable. Friedrich Nietzsche triumph pain feelings There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause. Friedrich Nietzsche causes faith lying And nobody lies as much as the indignant do. Friedrich Nietzsche indignant lying The saying, "The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored," is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.--A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation. Friedrich Nietzsche boredom animal thinking What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness. Friedrich Nietzsche blame madness praise What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame. Friedrich Nietzsche humane regard shame In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him. Friedrich Nietzsche loathing existentialism men There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day. Friedrich Nietzsche admiration innocence might Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present. Friedrich Nietzsche tense imperfect existence
