Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
1844 – 1900
German philosopher whose work challenged traditional morality and religion. Known for his concept of the will to power, the Ubermensch, and the declaration 'God is dead'.
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.”
“But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!”
“What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.”
“I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.”
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
“Of all that is written, I love only what a man has written with his own blood.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“Independence is for the very few; it is a privilege of the strong.”
“So long as thou feelest the stars as an "above thee", thou lackest the eye of the discerning one.”
“Mature manhood: that means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.”
“It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author—and not to learn it better.”
“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”
“Madness is something rare in individuals—but in groups, parties, peoples, epochs it is the rule.”
