What I really want from Music: That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche My brother, are war and battle evil? Necessary, however, is the evil; necessary are the envy and the distrust and the back-biting among the virtues. Friedrich Nietzsche brotherevilwar In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. Friedrich Nietzsche atheistfearreality When you gaze long into the Abyss of Sustainability, the Abyss of Sustainability also gazes into you. Friedrich Nietzsche abysssustainabilitylong The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow. Friedrich Nietzsche words-of-wisdomatheismmen no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any Friedrich Nietzsche soulrightsdoubt At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of immortality in his heart; all the stars seem to glimmer around him, and the earth seems to sink ever deeper downwards. Friedrich Nietzsche starsdreamheart Will, pure will, without the troubles and complexities of intellect - how happy! how free! Friedrich Nietzsche intriguingintellecttrouble We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. Friedrich Nietzsche butterflyflowerchildren It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad. Friedrich Nietzsche certitudemaddoubt That every will must consider every other will its equal would be a principle hostile to life, an agent of the dissolution and destruction of man, an attempt to assassinate the future of man, a sign of weariness, a secret path to nothingness. Friedrich Nietzsche principlessecretmen Pitch-black winter nights live in my bones. Friedrich Nietzsche blackwinternight My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal. Friedrich Nietzsche linesgoalhappiness It is the stillest words that bring the storm. Friedrich Nietzsche storm Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves. Friedrich Nietzsche nihilismdoemean The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world. Friedrich Nietzsche motivationallifeart A change of values - that means, a change of the creators of values. He who has to be a creator always has to destroy. Friedrich Nietzsche creatorvaluesmean We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us. Friedrich Nietzsche evaluatevalues Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things. Friedrich Nietzsche truthfearknowledge If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him. Friedrich Nietzsche tyrantsevillaw Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself. Friedrich Nietzsche jealousmotherson
