Whoever writes in blood and aphorisms wants not to be learned but to be learned by heart. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche Time flies apace-we would fain believe that everything flies forward with it. Friedrich Nietzsche time-flies time believe An educator never says what he himself thinks, but only that which he thinks it is good for those whom he is educating to hear. Friedrich Nietzsche educator teaching thinking Life is a well of joy; but for those out of whom an upset stomach speaks, which is the father of melancholy, all wells are poisoned. Friedrich Nietzsche upset-stomach joy father Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre. Friedrich Nietzsche women hatred games Those things for which we find words, are things we have already overcome. Friedrich Nietzsche overcoming Immature is the love of the youth, and immature his hatred of man and earth. His mind and the wings of his spirit are still tied down and heavy. Friedrich Nietzsche hatred wings men Very early in my life I took the question of the relation of art to truth seriously: even now I stand in holy dread in the face of this discordance. My first book was devoted to it. The Birth of Tragedy believes in art on the background of another belief Friedrich Nietzsche believe book art Man demands truth and fulfills this demand in moral intercourse with other men; this is the basis of all social life. One anticipates the unpleasant consequences of reciprocal lying. From this there arises the duty of truth. We permit epic poets to lie because we expect no detrimental consequences in this case. Thus the lie is permitted where it is considered something pleasant. Assuming that it does no harm, the lie is beautiful and charming. Friedrich Nietzsche beautiful men lying If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does. Friedrich Nietzsche determination doe men I fly in dreams, I know it is my privilege, I do not recall a single situation in dreams when I was unable to fly. To execute every sort of curve and angle with a light impulse, a flying mathematics - that is so distinct a happiness that it has permanently suffused my basic sense of happiness. Friedrich Nietzsche curves light dream We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it. Friedrich Nietzsche guilt doe forget The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. Friedrich Nietzsche knowing-who-you-are snakes skins As a result, nature is something entirely different from what comes to mind when we invoke its name. Friedrich Nietzsche nature names mind I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise — Friedrich Nietzsche echoes praise heard Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness. Friedrich Nietzsche dissipation mother joy Completely true to nature!' - what a lie: / How could nature ever be constrained into a picture? / The smallest bit of nature is infinite! / And so he paints what he likes about it. / And what does he like? He likes what he can paint! Friedrich Nietzsche likes doe lying Righteousness exalteth a nation. Friedrich Nietzsche righteousness nations But in the end one also has to understand that the needs that religion has satisfied and philosophy is now supposed to satisfy are not immutable; they can be weakened and exterminated. Consider, for example, that Christian distress of mind that comes from sighing over ones inner depravity and care for ones salvation - all concepts originating in nothing but errors of reason and deserving, not satisfaction, but obliteration. Friedrich Nietzsche errors christian philosophy Knapsack of the Metaphysicians.- Those who boast so mightily of the scientificality of their metaphysics should receive no answer; it is enough to pluck at the bundle which, with a certain degree of embarrassment, they keep concealed behind their back; if one succeeds in opening it, the products of that scientificality come to light, attended by their blushes: a dear little Lord God, a nice little immortality, perhaps a certain quantity of spiritualism, and in any event a whole tangled heap of 'wretched poor sinner' and Pharisee arrogance. Friedrich Nietzsche nice light philosophy Love is blind, friends close their eyes Friedrich Nietzsche love-is-blind eye love-is
