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

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the...

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

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...

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...

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...

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...

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in...

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is...

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...

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is...

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is...

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of...

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of...

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

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

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

This secret spoke Life herself unto me: Behold, said she, I am that which must...

This secret spoke Life herself unto me: Behold, said she, I am that which must...

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful...

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful...