This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Fear is the mother of morality.

Fear is the mother of morality.

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for...

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another...

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another...

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be...

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be...

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

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:...

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should...

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should...

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman...

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 cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman,...

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of...

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of...

God is no respecter of persons

God is no respecter of persons