People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Confidence Quotes, Gifts Quotes, Life Quotes, Trust Quotes

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

In music, the passions enjoy themselves.

In music, the passions enjoy themselves.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

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

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

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

The perfect woman is a higher type of human than the perfect man, and also...

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

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...

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...

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;...

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride,...

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride,...

The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified

The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way...

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way...