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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable...

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable...

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

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 know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

Fear is the mother of morality.

Fear is the mother of morality.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

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...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

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...

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.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and...

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...

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

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...

Love is not consolation. It is light

Love is not consolation. It is light

The flame of love is now just a cold loneliness

The flame of love is now just a cold loneliness

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the...

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the...