38 Quotes by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman — a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth. Thus I beg and beseech you. Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so much virtue that has flown away. Lead back to the earth the virtue that flew away, as I do—back to the body, back to life, that it may give the earth a meaning, a human meaning.

The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

God is Dead; but given the way of men, therem ay still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we - we still have to vanquish his shadow, too.--The death of the fundamental principle which gave life a meaning is just the beginning. People are not ready to accept nihilism and cling to old values for comfort. Thus, we as humanity still have to get over the "shadow" of the old thinking which still permeates society.

God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we - we still have to vanquish his shadow, too.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.

There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.