Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick. Friedrich Nietzsche Music
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Nietzsche Power
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow. Friedrich Nietzsche Truth
It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around. Friedrich Nietzsche Truth
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. Friedrich Nietzsche Hope
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. Friedrich Nietzsche Religion
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche Truth
Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins. Friedrich Nietzsche Great
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend. Friedrich Nietzsche Respect
Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. Friedrich Nietzsche Women
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. Friedrich Nietzsche Health
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. Friedrich Nietzsche Truth
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. Friedrich Nietzsche Knowledge
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche Learning
In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. Friedrich Nietzsche History