The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

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...

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

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.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

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.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

Without music, life would be an error.

Without music, life would be an error.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a...

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a...

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an...

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an...

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a...

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a...

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr.

It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr.