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

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one...

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

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...

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

He who has a why can endure any how

He who has a why can endure any how

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

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.

The doer alone learneth.

The doer alone learneth.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

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.

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

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

When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits...

When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits...

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy...

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy...

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

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...

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?