Philosophy Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol.”

“There is no pre-established harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind.”

“Where are we headed? Are we not endlessly plunging —backwards, sideways, forwards, in all directions? Is there an up and a down anymore? Do we not wander as if through an endless nothingness? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Hasn’t it grown colder?”

“The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding.”

“Ich lehre euch den Übermenschen. Der Mensch ist Etwas, das überwunden werden soll. Was habt ihr gethan, ihn zu überwinden? Was ist der Affe für en Menschen? Ein Gelächter oder eine schmerzliche Scham. Und ebendas soll der Mensch für den Übermenschen sein: ein Gelächter oder eine schmerzliche Scham. Ihr habt den Weg vom Wurme zum Menschen gemacht, und Vieles ist in euch noch Wurm. Einst wart ihr Affen, und auch jetzt ist der Mensch mehr Affe, als irgend ein Affe.”

“Let the word be written by you and not told by others”

“Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions.”

“Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give us warm, comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary purpose could nostalgia serve?”

“Every new day is an opportunity to grow your love.”

“As soon as ever a philosophy begins to believe in itself, it always creates the world in its own image.”

“Those who grant sympathy to guilt, grant none to innocence.”