When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Learning Quotes, Mankind Quotes

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the...

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded...

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

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

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!...

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers?...

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

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...

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all...

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...