There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. Friedrich Nietzsche causes philosophy way Assuming that we have trained our imagination to denounce the past, we will not suffer much from unfulfilled wishes. Friedrich Nietzsche disappointment imagination past Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me. Friedrich Nietzsche dissatisfaction nihilism world Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman. Friedrich Nietzsche women doe children My idea of paradise is a straight line to goal Friedrich Nietzsche goal soccer ideas To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. Friedrich Nietzsche philosophical stupidity purpose For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses. Friedrich Nietzsche logic distinction noses What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche depression attitude positive Since men do not really respect anything unless it was established long ago and has developed slowly over time, those who want tokeep on living after their death must take worry not only about their future generations but even more about their past: that is why tyrants of all kinds (including tyrannical artists and politicians) like to do violence to history, so that it will appear as a preparation and stepladder to themselves. Friedrich Nietzsche artist men past We, however, want to become those we are--human beings who are new, unique, incomparable, who give themselves laws, who create themselves. To that end we must become the best learners and discoverers of everything that is lawful and necessary in the world: we must become physicists in order to be able to be creators in this sense--while hitherto all valuations and ideals have been based on ignorance of physics or were constructed so as to contradict it. Therefore: long live physics! And even more so that which compels us to turn to physics--our honesty! Friedrich Nietzsche honesty unique ignorance All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that he is very ill, and that a severe, final, radical cure is necessary. Friedrich Nietzsche finals trying men Even cohabitation has been corrupted - by marriage. Friedrich Nietzsche cohabitation has-beens marriage A belief, however necessary it may be for the preservation of a species, has nothing to do with truth. The falseness of a judgment is not for us necessarily an objection to a judgment. The question is to what extent it is life-promoting, life-preserving, species preserving, perhaps even species cultivating. To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way; and a philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself beyond good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche evil philosophy mean What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering Friedrich Nietzsche criminal-mind criminals suffering The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment. Friedrich Nietzsche passion creative character ...the only psychologist from whom I have anything to learn. Friedrich Nietzsche psychologist The strongest have their moments of fatigue. Friedrich Nietzsche fatigue moments sympathy Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world. Friedrich Nietzsche musical mirrors men To be natural means to dare to be as immoral as Nature is. Friedrich Nietzsche human-nature natural mean Free will appears unfettered, deliberate; it is boundlessly free, wandering, the spirit. But fate is a necessity; unless we believe that world history is a dream-error, the unspeakable sorrows of mankind fantasies, and that we ourselves are but the toys of our fantasies. Fate is the boundless force of opposition against free will. Free will without fate is just as unthinkable as spirit without reality, good without evil. Only antithesis creates the quality. Friedrich Nietzsche fate dream believe
