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 I love him who desireth not too many virtues. One virtue is more of a virtue than two, because it is more of a knot for one's destiny to cling to. Friedrich Nietzsche i-love-him destiny two The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces. Friedrich Nietzsche ethics pieces may There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions. Friedrich Nietzsche ends numbers world Alas! There cometh the time when man will no longer give birth to any star. Alas! There cometh the time of the most despicable man, who can no longer despise himself. Friedrich Nietzsche stars giving men "Body am I, and soul" - so saith the child. And why should one not speak like children? Friedrich Nietzsche body soul children Instruments and playthings are sense and spirit: behind them there is still the Self. The Self seeketh with the eyes of the senses, it hearkeneth also with the ears of the spirit. Friedrich Nietzsche eye self ears He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities. Friedrich Nietzsche mountain play reality Life is hard to bear: but do not affect to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses. Friedrich Nietzsche ass life-is-hard bears And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship. Friedrich Nietzsche warrior saint praying And when your soul becometh great, then doth it become haughty, and in your sublimity there is wickedness. Friedrich Nietzsche sublimity wickedness soul I love him who justifieth the future ones, and redeemeth the past ones: for he is willing to succumb through the present ones. Friedrich Nietzsche willing i-love-him past I love him whose soul is deep even in the wounding, and may succumb through a small matter: thus goeth he willingly over the bridge. Friedrich Nietzsche i-love-him soul bridges I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the dark cloud that lowereth over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and succumb as heralds. Friedrich Nietzsche dark men fall Resistance - that is the distinction of the slave. Let your distinction be obedience. Let your commanding itself be obeying! Friedrich Nietzsche slave resistance obedience I love him who chasteneth his God, because he loveth his God: for he must succumb through the wrath of his God. Friedrich Nietzsche i-love-him wrath He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart. Friedrich Nietzsche want heart blood So live your life of obedience and of war! What matter about long life! What warrior wisheth to be spared! Friedrich Nietzsche what-matters war long There are preachers of death: and the earth is full of those to whom desistance from life must be preached. Friedrich Nietzsche preacher earth Man must become better and more evil. Friedrich Nietzsche evil men I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge. Friedrich Nietzsche i-love-him bridges spirit