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

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you...

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you...

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a...

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

Without music, life would be an error.

Without music, life would be an error.

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly...

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly...

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we kill. Come, let us kill the spirit...

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned...

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my...

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

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,...

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

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

When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are...

When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are...

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

We artists! We moon-struck and God-struck ones! We death-silent, untiring wanderers on heights which we...

Plato was a bore.

Plato was a bore.

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...

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

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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all...