Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For what one lacks access to from experience one will have no ear.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at...

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at...

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

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 truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness

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...

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...

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

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...

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

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

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...

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become...

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become...

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Good things come to those who hustle while they wait.

Good things come to those who hustle while they wait.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.