Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly,...

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

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?

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

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...

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward...

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used...

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

Love is not consolation. It is light.

Love is not consolation. It is light.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.