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I’ve compiled the most famous quotes by the great philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Please share with anyone going through an existential crisis.
God is dead.
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Become who you are.
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed—the deed is everything.
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises.
Man is the cruelest animal.
One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
