We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that. But perhaps for the right to have our opinions and to change them.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Life Quotes

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and...

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of...

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

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...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

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...

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse...

A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse...

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far...

The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far...

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

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

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

The word Christianity is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one...

The word Christianity is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one...

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only...

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a...