Friedrich Nietzsche

The thought of suicide is a strong consolation: by means of it one gets successfully through many a bad night.

The most effective way to inflict pain on another person is to pretend that they don't exist.

The demand for love is the greatest of all demands.

The visionary is a realist in disguise.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Only those who are capable of solitude are capable of love.

What is freedom? The will to be responsible for oneself.

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

The secret of realizing the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is to live dangerously!

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

The thought of suicide is a great comfort: with it one gets through many a bad night.

The strength of a person's spirit is measured by how much truth he can tolerate.

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip!