Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder; the coldness increases, responsibility increases.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Life Quotes

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

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...

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron...

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon...

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the...

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

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

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

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his...

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are...

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...

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...

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

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.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let...

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let...

Here rests the soul of our nation-here also should be our conscience.

Here rests the soul of our nation-here also should be our conscience.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with...

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with...

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.