You must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's! Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, as instinct. Friedrich Nietzsche intelligent happiness men One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too. Friedrich Nietzsche emotional strength heart Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar. Friedrich Nietzsche men two fall For this remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism promises nothing, but actually fulfils; Christianity promises everything, but fulfils nothing. Friedrich Nietzsche buddhism differences two Did you ever say yes to a pleasure? oh my friends, then you also said yes to all pain. all things are linked, entwined, in love with one another. Friedrich Nietzsche pleasure pain said There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche good-and-evil illusion evil Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. Friedrich Nietzsche best-friend love friendship Behind your thoughts and feelings, my brother, there stands a mighty ruler. an unknown sage - whose name is self. In yourt body he dwells; he is your body. There is more reason in your body than in your best wisdom. Friedrich Nietzsche brother wisdom self A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. Friedrich Nietzsche boredom great-day would-be However much we may feel for the misery of someone close to us, we always act with some artificiality in their presence. We hold-back from telling them everything we think, often because we do not genuinely mean what we say; or because we take a pleasure in their plight, thankful that we are not affected. Friedrich Nietzsche plight mean thinking Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche inspirational-tattoo trust-no-one moving-forward You say a good cause justifies any war; but I say a good war justifies any cause. Friedrich Nietzsche justify causes war One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. Friedrich Nietzsche dying hero death Your soul will be dead even before your body: fear nothing further. Friedrich Nietzsche body soul fear One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up. Friedrich Nietzsche treasure self discovery Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. Friedrich Nietzsche debate heat ice The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously. Friedrich Nietzsche success happiness life No journey is too great, Friedrich Nietzsche coming-to-america journey motivational Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them. Friedrich Nietzsche shameless poet evil Scholars who become politicians are usually assigned the comic role of having to be the good conscience of state policy. Friedrich Nietzsche comic politician roles
