Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Fear is the mother of morality

Fear is the mother of morality

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.

Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

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...

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart - not something that comes...

The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart - not something that comes...

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...