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.
- Human, All Too Human (1878), Aphorism 283, tr. Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann
- Twilight of the Idols (1889), “Morality as Anti-Nature,” § 5.3 (Ludovici trans.)
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Prologue, § 4, tr. Thomas CommonIn context
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 4- The Dawn of Day (1881), § 297
- Beyond Good and Evil (1886), PreludeIn context
- The Gay Science (1882), Sec. 116
- Twilight of the Idols (1889), “Maxims and Arrows,” § 1.34
- Human, All Too Human (1878), Aphorism 202, tr. R. J. Hollingdale
Independence is for the very few; it is a privilege of the strong.
Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Chapter II, aphorism 29, tr. Walter KaufmannAll becoming and growing—all that guarantees a future—involves pain.
Twilight of the Idols (1889)If we have our own why in life, we shall get along with almost any how.
Twilight of the Idols (1889), “Maxims and Arrows,” § 1.12Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier, simpler.
The Gay Science (1882), Sec. 179It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book.
Twilight of the Idols (1889)Of all that is written, I love only what a man has written with his own blood.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 7
