Fear is the mother of morality.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

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?

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

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

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

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.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

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.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

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...

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of...

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of...

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing...

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing...