If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such…

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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything...

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything...

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...