Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the...

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

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...

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

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

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

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself...

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself...

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...

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power...

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an...

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you...