When one rows it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a demon to move the ship. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche But tell me: how did gold get to be the highest value? Because it is uncommon and useless and gleaming and gentle in its brilliance; it always gives itself. Only as an image of the highest virtue did gold get to be the highest value. The giver's glance gleams like gold. A golden brilliance concludes peace between the moon and the sun. Uncommon is the highest virtue and useless, it is gleaming and gentle in its brilliance: a gift-giving virtue is the highest virtue. Friedrich Nietzsche money moon giving Courageous, unconcerned, scornful, coercive - so wisdom wisheth us; she is a woman, and ever loveth only a warrior. Friedrich Nietzsche unconcerned courageous warrior Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche virtue quality vices The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. Friedrich Nietzsche being-yourself lonely loneliness Whoever commits to paper what he suffers becomes a melancholy author: but he becomes a serious author when he tells us what he suffered and why he now reposes in joy. Friedrich Nietzsche paper suffering joy One hears but one does not seek; one takes -- one does not ask who gives; a thought flashes up like lightning, it comes of necessity and unfalteringly formed. Friedrich Nietzsche lightning doe giving Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober and consequently ugly-looking. Friedrich Nietzsche black eye beautiful To have and to want more that is life. Friedrich Nietzsche want There is a certain right by which we many deprive a man of life, but none by which we may deprive him of death; this is mere cruelty. Friedrich Nietzsche suicide may men Who has not for the sake of his reputation sacrificed himself? Friedrich Nietzsche reputation sake integrity Everything becomes and recurs eternally - escape is impossible! Friedrich Nietzsche impossible The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it. Friedrich Nietzsche truth wish history In a certain state it is indecent to live longer. Friedrich Nietzsche euthanasia certain states Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any circumstances. Friedrich Nietzsche lust self want Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking. Friedrich Nietzsche writing running thinking Discontent is the seed of ethics. Friedrich Nietzsche philosophy history art Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso makes its opinions more easily understandable and persuasive. Friedrich Nietzsche opinion knowing knowledge We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of life may become a habit and therefore a pleasure. Friedrich Nietzsche tradition may way It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this experience he passes judgments on the work and course of his life, as if he had only now become clear-sighted; and yet the inspiration behind this feeling of well-being and these confident judgements is not wisdom, but weariness . Friedrich Nietzsche inspiration feelings men Nothing ever succeeds which exuberant spirits have not helped to produce. Friedrich Nietzsche produce succeed spirit
