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

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

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

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

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...

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

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...

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...

Success has always been a great liar.

Success has always been a great liar.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby...

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose...

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose...

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into...

Without music, life would be an error.

Without music, life would be an error.

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet...