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.'

The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves--from "justifying" ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche
The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.' Friedrich Nietzsche
He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable. Friedrich Nietzsche
The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile. Friedrich Nietzsche
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion. Friedrich Nietzsche
For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again. Friedrich Nietzsche
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
Nobody is more inferior than those who insist on being equal. Friedrich Nietzsche
A vocation is the backbone of life. Friedrich Nietzsche
The noble soul reveres itself. Friedrich Nietzsche
Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily. Friedrich Nietzsche
The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection. Friedrich Nietzsche
Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you. Friedrich Nietzsche
The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being. Friedrich Nietzsche
If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who laughs best today, will also laugs last. Friedrich Nietzsche
Possessions are usually diminished by possession. Friedrich Nietzsche
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality. Friedrich Nietzsche
Great intellects are skeptical. Friedrich Nietzsche
All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity. Friedrich Nietzsche
All idealists imagine that the causes they serve are fundamentally better than any other causes in the world, and they refuse to believe that if their cause is to flourish at all it requires precisely the same foul-smelling manure that is necessary to all other human undertakings. Friedrich Nietzsche
The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell. Friedrich Nietzsche
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. Friedrich Nietzsche
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever we think about and question a lot becomes questionable. Friedrich Nietzsche
In every form of womanly, love something motherly, love also comes to light. Friedrich Nietzsche
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.  Friedrich Nietzsche
He turns all of his injuries into strengths, that which does not kill him makes him stronger, he is superman. Friedrich Nietzsche
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Nietzsche