Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes, Simple Quotes, People Quotes

I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)

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It is nothing but fanaticism and beautiful soulism to expect very much (or even, much only) from humanity when it has forgotten how to wage war.

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He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.

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The strongest have their moments of fatigue.

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Live so that thou mayest desire to live again - that is thy duty - for in any case thou wilt live again!

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The hour-hand of life.

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In this state one enriches everything out of one's own fullness: whatever one sees, whatever wills is seen swelled, taut, strong, overloaded with strength. A man in this state transforms things until they mirror his power—until they are reflections of his perfection. This having to transform into perfection is—art.

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Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the noblest metal.

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What is more harmful than any vice? Practical sympathy and pity for all the failures and all the weak : Christianity.

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Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere--he must either deny it or create it.

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It is terrible to die of thirst in the ocean. Do you have to salt your truth so heavily that it does not even-quench thirst any more?

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I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity—through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!

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Priests ... these turkey-cocks of God.

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Of all that is written, I love only what a person hath written with his blood.

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One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

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Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.

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That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.

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I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think.

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Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

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I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

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