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 A little wisdom is indeed possible; but this blessed security have I found in all things, that they prefer--to DANCE on the feet of chance. Friedrich Nietzsche blessed feet littles Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes. Friedrich Nietzsche foe hated proud there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears. Friedrich Nietzsche mouths ears laughing Life is at an end where the kingdom of God begins Friedrich Nietzsche ends kingdoms life-is Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him. Friedrich Nietzsche time running past My humanity is a constant self-overcoming. Friedrich Nietzsche humanity self overcoming Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable. Friedrich Nietzsche envy overcoming enemy When we have to change our mind about a person, we hold the inconvenience he causes us very much against him. Friedrich Nietzsche inconvenience causes mind Either one does not dream, or one does so interestingly. One should learn to spend one's waking life in the same way: not at all, or interestingly. Friedrich Nietzsche waking-life dream doe How lovely it is that there are words and sounds. Are not words and sounds rainbows and illusive bridges between things which are eternally apart? Friedrich Nietzsche lovely rainbow bridges For one thing is needful: that a human being should attain satisfaction with himself, whether it be by means of this or that poetry or art; only then is a human being at all tolerable to behold. Whoever is dissatisfied with himself is constantly ready for revenge, and we others will be his victims, if only by having to endure his ugly sight. Friedrich Nietzsche revenge mean art Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man? Friedrich Nietzsche idols motivational men Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche responsible freedom responsibility They devour each other and cannot even digest themselves. Friedrich Nietzsche Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life. Friedrich Nietzsche dream men reality If you look long enough into the void, the void begins to look back through you. Friedrich Nietzsche positive long looks There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism. Friedrich Nietzsche questioning-beliefs skepticism science It is so little true that martyrs offer any support to the truth of a cause that I am inclined to deny that any martyr has ever had anything to do with the truth at all. Friedrich Nietzsche support truth littles Let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! Friedrich Nietzsche ballet dance lost I should not believe in a God who does not dance. Friedrich Nietzsche dancing dance believe
