To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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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...

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,...

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...

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

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

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

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...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the...

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the...

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

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

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

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,...

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if...

Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if...

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the...

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the...

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...