Words of wisdom Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

8 Words of wisdom quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche’s limited selection of Words of wisdom distills his bold philosophy into bite‑size observations. Though few, each line challenges readers to rethink conventional thinking, making it a compact source of provocation.

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With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually expands: his…

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THE TEACHER AS A NECESSARY EVIL. Let us have as few people as possible between the productive minds and the hungry and…

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The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

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THE SLOW ARROW OF BEAUTY. The noblest kind of beauty is that which does not transport us suddenly, which does not make…

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Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.

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THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very…

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O sancta simplicitas! What strange simplification and falsification mankind lives on! One can never cease to marvel once one has acquired eyes…

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What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire…

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Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.

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“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is FREE from the crowd, the many, the majority-- where he…

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“It breaks my heart. Better than your words, your eye tells me all your peril. You are not yet free, you still search for…

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“79. A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.”

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We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we…

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“The great periods of our life occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is bad about us as what is best.”

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“What is life? Life - that is: continually shedding something that wants to die. Life - that is: being cruel and inexorable against everything…

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It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

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“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give…

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