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

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not...

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not...

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...

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible...

Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the...

Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the...

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

Whoever does not know how to lay his will into things at least lays some...

Whoever does not know how to lay his will into things at least lays some...

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

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

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

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe....

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe....

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.