After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and...

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced...

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced...

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned...

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned...

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a...

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a...

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Laughter is America's most important export.

Laughter is America's most important export.

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...