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 In solitude the lonely man is eaten up by himself, among crowds by the many. Friedrich Nietzsche lonely loneliness men Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity. Friedrich Nietzsche curiosity names house We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we would wish them to be. Friedrich Nietzsche respect wish giving Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever. Friedrich Nietzsche prudent youth periods Mastery.- We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in the achievement. Friedrich Nietzsche mastery achievement mistake Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity. Friedrich Nietzsche strong stupid character He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens! Friedrich Nietzsche consideration ends courage Death. The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity- and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive. Friedrich Nietzsche soul life death "Faith" as an imperative is a veto against science-in praxi, it means lies at any price. Friedrich Nietzsche faith mean lying One is most dishonest to one's god: he is not allowed to sin. Friedrich Nietzsche sin The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men. Friedrich Nietzsche truth men science A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath. Friedrich Nietzsche agents receiving rude Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain. Friedrich Nietzsche boredom fighting god All religions bear traces of the fact that they arose during the intellectual immaturity of the human race - before it had learned the obligations to speak the truth. Not one of them makes it the duty of its god to be truthful and understandable in his communications. Friedrich Nietzsche communication intellectual race God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we - we still have to vanquish his shadow, too. Friedrich Nietzsche shadow men years "God", "immortality of the soul", "redemption", "beyond" - Without exception, concepts to which I have never devoted any attention, or time; not even as a child. Perhaps I have never been childlike enough for them? Friedrich Nietzsche mean children thinking With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually expands: his world grows deeper, ever new stars, ever new images and enigmas come into view. Friedrich Nietzsche distance stars spiritual It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exists. Friedrich Nietzsche wall roots fear The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task. Friedrich Nietzsche atheism humanity fear What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again. Friedrich Nietzsche land fear men