Fear is the mother of morality.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true

'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

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...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

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 in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could...

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Love is not consolation. It is light

Love is not consolation. It is light

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

Love is a beautiful thing that can be created by a person with a pure...

Love is a beautiful thing that can be created by a person with a pure...