Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900The quotations of
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
1844–1900
70 quotes, most often on Christianity, Philosophy and Morality. Part of the Philosophers collection.
It is not the lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
- The Anti-Christ
Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises.
Beyond Good and EvilAnd those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of Creation.
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), The Gay Science (1882), Sec. 108In context
Man should be trained for war and woman for the recreation of the warrior: all else is folly.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), p. 91, tr. R.J. HollingdaleIn context- Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 11, Thomas Common translationIn context
- Twilight of the Idols (1889), “Maxims and Arrows,” § 1.8
What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.
Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Chapter IV, aphorism 153, tr. Helen ZimmernIn context- The Antichrist (1895), Aphorism 39 (translated by H. L. Mencken, 1918)
