The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Action Quotes, Deed Quotes, Identity Quotes

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

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 -...

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...

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

Many find their heart when they have lost their head.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

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.

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...

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause...

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will,...

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...

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be...

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be...

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

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.