Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the point of exhaustion

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Living Quotes

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to...

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

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.

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...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

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...

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want...

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want...