The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to speak out the most hidden and intimate things.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

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...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

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...

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

He who has why to live can bear almost any how

He who has why to live can bear almost any how

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

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

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also...

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also...

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.

The people who marry make a good marriage not marriage in itself.

The people who marry make a good marriage not marriage in itself.

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us;...

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us;...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I...

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

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...

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

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...