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

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Discontent is the seed of ethics

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness,...

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

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...

Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood:...

Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood:...

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

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.

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...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is...

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

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

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

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...

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...

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of...

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

There are many great truths which we do not deny, and which nevertheless we do...

There are many great truths which we do not deny, and which nevertheless we do...