To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

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...

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of...

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments 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...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

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

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

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

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...

Without music, life would be a mistake.... I would only believe in a God who...

Without music, life would be a mistake.... I would only believe in a God who...

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.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be...

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.