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 For some natures, changing their opinions is just as much a requirement of cleanliness as changing their clothes: for others, however, it is merely a requirement of vanity. Friedrich Nietzsche vanity clothes change Whoever has looked deeply into the world might well guess what wisdom lies in the superficiality of men. Friedrich Nietzsche men lying world People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light. Friedrich Nietzsche illumination light order The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment. Friedrich Nietzsche punishment finals support This mother needs happy, reputable children, and that one needs unhappy ones: otherwise she cannot show her kindness as a mother. Friedrich Nietzsche mother happy children A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others. Friedrich Nietzsche taken real foxes One who is unassuming in dealing with people exhibits his arrogance all the more strongly in dealing with things (city, state, society, age, mankind). That is his revenge. Friedrich Nietzsche cities revenge people Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. Friedrich Nietzsche modesty awkward hope Yes, life is a woman! Friedrich Nietzsche women yeah life-is Men inadvertently comport themselves with nobility when they have grown accustomed to wanting nothing from others and always giving to them. Friedrich Nietzsche nobility giving men Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended. Friedrich Nietzsche envy jealousy soul Do not be deceived! The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness, their restlessness is weakness--they no longer have the capacity for waiting and idleness. Friedrich Nietzsche weakness waiting people The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being. Friedrich Nietzsche good-conversation midwife conversation Sometimes in conversation the sound of our own voice distracts us and misleads us into making assertions that in no way express our true opinions. Friedrich Nietzsche mislead-us voice sound Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other. Friedrich Nietzsche tendencies habit matter That is the most extreme form of nihilism: nothingness (the "meaningless") eternally! Friedrich Nietzsche extremes form nihilism And so do you suppose it must be a piece-work because it has been given to you (and could only be given to you) in pieces? Friedrich Nietzsche has-beens pieces given Sometimes we remain true to a cause simply because its opponents are unfailingly tasteless. Friedrich Nietzsche opponents causes loyalty All parties attempt to represent important things that have developed outside themselves as unimportant, and where they fail in this they assail those things all the more bitterly the more admirable they are. Friedrich Nietzsche failing party important The one conclusive argument that has at all times discouraged people from drinking a poison is not that it kills but rather that it tastes bad. Friedrich Nietzsche poison drinking people