Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Gay Quotes

The Gay Science, section 108

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And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.

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We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint.

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

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Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.

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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

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It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

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I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way.

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Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

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Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.

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What verse is for the poet, dialectical thinking is for the philosopher. He grasps for it in order to get hold of his own enchantment, in order to perpetuate it.

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Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

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I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot.

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Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

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In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross.

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The patient must minister to himself

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Newspapers are the second hand of history.

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