"Fear is the mother of morality." — Friedrich Nietzsche

"Fear is the mother of morality."

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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1,640 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

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If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.
Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which…
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.
The last Christian died on a cross.
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that…
The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.
Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the…
The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit…
How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of…
A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the…

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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to… — Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the… — Aristotle
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that… — Darren Aronofsky
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad

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