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

“The eternal child. - We think that play and fairy tales belong to childhood:”

“Every moment of life wants to tell us something, but we do not want to hear what it has to say: when we are alone and quiet we are afraid that something will be whispered into our ear and hence we despise quiet and drug ourselves with sociability.”

“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.”

“It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.”

“Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.”

“...Originally everything about a Greek or Christian building meant something, and in reference to a higher order of things. This atmosphere of inexhaustible meaningfulness hung about the building like a magic veil. Beauty entered the system only secondarily, impairing the basic feeling of uncanny sublimity, of sanctification by magic or the gods' nearness. At the most, beauty tempered the”

“This is the Modern Man. The man who seeks himself without ever seeking, because he does not want to find;”

“The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.”

“Do you not think that God will protect us?”

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”

“Healthy introspection, without undermining oneself; it is a rare gift to venture into the unexplored depths of the self, without delusions or fictions, but with an uncorrupted gaze.”

“Quiconque lutte contre des monstres devrait prendre garde, dans le combat, à ne pas devenir monstre lui-même. Et quant à celui qui scrute le fond de l'abysse, l'abysse le scrute à son tour.”