To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the...

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the...

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...

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is...

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is...

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once...

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.

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

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

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

The strongest have their moments of fatigue

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

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...

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;...

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Only as much as I dream can I be.

Only as much as I dream can I be.

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion...

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good

I will never regret you, or say that I wish I'd never met you, because...

I will never regret you, or say that I wish I'd never met you, because...

A place in thy memory, dearest, Is all that I claim; To pause and look...

A place in thy memory, dearest, Is all that I claim; To pause and look...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...