Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

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...

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not...

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not...

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased...

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased...

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...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has...

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike...

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one...

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it...

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it...

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

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

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...

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child,...

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child,...

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of...

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of...

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go...

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go...