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.'

To learn to see – to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and to acquire the habit of approaching and grasping an individual case from all sides. Friedrich Nietzsche
We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets. Friedrich Nietzsche
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. Friedrich Nietzsche
Nobody can build the bridge for you to walk across the river of life, no one but you yourself alone. There are, to be sure, countless paths and bridges and demi-gods, which carry you across this river; but only at the cost of yourself; you would pawn yourself and lose. There is in the world only one way, on which nobody can go, except you: where does it lead? Friedrich Nietzsche
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal. 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
I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. Friedrich Nietzsche
For believe me: The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is to live dangerously. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? Friedrich Nietzsche
One must give value to their existence by behaving as if one’s very existence were a work of art. Friedrich Nietzsche.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages Friedrich Nietzsche
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. Friedrich Nietzsche
Stupid as a man, say the women: 'cowardly as a woman,' say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. Friedrich Nietzsche
This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful! Friedrich Nietzsche
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. Friedrich Nietzsche
Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is always one too many around me, thus thinks the hermit. Always one times one eventually that makes two. I and me are always too deep in conversation. Friedrich Nietzsche
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is the cruelest animal. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
Exhaustion is the shortest way to equality and fraternity. Friedrich Nietzsche
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche
In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required — acting as though we do not see through the motives of their actions. Friedrich Nietzsche
I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. Friedrich Nietzsche
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. Friedrich Nietzsche
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Friedrich Nietzsche
Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water. Friedrich Nietzsche