I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

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

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

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced...

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced...

Love is not consolation. It is light

Love is not consolation. It is light

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

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of...

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of...

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become...

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become...

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.

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...

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should...

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should...

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

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.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

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 miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have...

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have...

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had...

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had...