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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Evil Quotes, Hope Quotes

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

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

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

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

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...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

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...

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

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...

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his...

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his...

Fear is the mother of morality

Fear is the mother of morality

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

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.

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.