Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Pride Quotes

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many...

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many...

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only...

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one...

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

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

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.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed...

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

There would be more good marriages if the marriage partners didn't live together.

There would be more good marriages if the marriage partners didn't live together.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward...

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

The doer alone learneth.

The doer alone learneth.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.