There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: they are trying to cover up their feet. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave. Friedrich Nietzsche shadow century caves Man would sooner have the Void for his purpose than be void of Purpose. Friedrich Nietzsche void purpose men You who hate the Jews so, why did you adopt their religion? Friedrich Nietzsche jew hate It takes just such painful and terrible things to occur for the great emancipation to take place. Friedrich Nietzsche emancipation terrible painful The great works are produced in such an ecstasy of love that they must always be unworthy of it, however great their worth otherwise. Friedrich Nietzsche unworthy ecstasy great-work Man, however, is the most courageous animal: thereby has he overcome every animal. With sound of triumph has he overcome every pain; human pain, however, is the sorest pain. Friedrich Nietzsche pain animal men When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you are cursed, I do not like it that you want to bless. Rather curse a little also! And if you are done a great injustice, then quickly add five small ones. Hideous to behold is he who is obsessed with an injustice. Friedrich Nietzsche evil add enemy Without myth, however, every culture loses its healthy creative natural power: it is only a horizon encompassed with myth that rounds off to unity a social movement. Friedrich Nietzsche unity healthy creative You shall become the person you are. Friedrich Nietzsche distance-running great-running jogging Acknowledge your will and speak to us all, "This alone is what I will to be!" Hang your own penal code up above you: we want to be its enforcers! Friedrich Nietzsche acknowledge speak want Those people have no real interest in a science who only begin to get excited about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it. Friedrich Nietzsche real discovery people Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it. Friedrich Nietzsche morality purpose men Whether we immoralists do any harm to virtue?-Just as little as anarchists do to princes. It is only because they have been shot at that they once again sit securely on their thrones. Moral: we must shoot at morals. Friedrich Nietzsche thrones moral littles The greatest progress that the human race has made lies in learning how to make correct inferences. Friedrich Nietzsche progress race lying With regard to philosophical metaphysics, I always see increasing numbers who have attained to the negative goal, but as yet few who climb a few rungs backwards; one ought to look out, perhaps, over the last steps of the ladder, but not try to stand upon them. Friedrich Nietzsche philosophical goal numbers Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself? Friedrich Nietzsche brother goal humanity The charm of the Platonic mode of thought ... consisted precisely in the resistance to the obvious evidence of the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche obvious charm resistance Epicurus had rage and envy of Plato's superior style. Friedrich Nietzsche envy style plato Christianity is Platonism for the people. Friedrich Nietzsche christianity people As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion. Friedrich Nietzsche compassion plato self
