Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

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?

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

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...

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

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

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

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

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

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

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk...

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk...

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

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...

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.