Friedrich Nietzsche Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Friedrich Nietzsche quotes, Friedrich Nietzsche sayings, and Friedrich Nietzsche proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain. Friedrich Nietzsche
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. Friedrich Nietzsche
What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
The word Christianity is already a misunderstanding – in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. Friedrich Nietzsche
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. Friedrich Nietzsche
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it. Friedrich Nietzsche
They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it. Friedrich Nietzsche
Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. Friedrich Nietzsche
The church is precisely that against which Jesus preached -- and against which he taught his disciples to fight. Friedrich Nietzsche
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it. Friedrich Nietzsche
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings. Friedrich Nietzsche
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. Friedrich Nietzsche
Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me. Friedrich Nietzsche
That is the most extreme form of nihilism: nothingness (the "meaningless") eternally! Friedrich Nietzsche
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. Friedrich Nietzsche
The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. Friedrich Nietzsche
In architecture the pride of man, his triumph over gravitation, his will to power, assume a visible form. Architecture is a sort of oratory of power by means of forms. Friedrich Nietzsche
One should not go into churches if one wants to breathe pure air. Friedrich Nietzsche
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously! Friedrich Nietzsche
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute. Friedrich Nietzsche
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich Nietzsche
What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche