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, Trust Quotes

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!...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk...

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk...

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

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...

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...

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink: he did not die of it but degenerated -...

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink: he did not die of it but degenerated -...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

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.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the...

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the...

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

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

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

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.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.