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.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 7I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part II, Chapter 13Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.
Letter to Lou Andreas-Salomé (August 1881), in Salomé’s biography of Nietzsche, tr. Siegfried Mandel (1988)Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, epochs it is the rule.
Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Chapter IV, aphorism 156, tr. R. J. Hollingdale- Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 7
It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author – and not to learn it better.
Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Chapter IV, aphorism 121- Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Prologue, § 3, tr. Thomas CommonIn context
- The Will to Power (1888), Book 1, sec. 55 (10 June 1887)
- Human, All Too Human (1878), Aphorism 579, tr. R. J. Hollingdale
- Ecce Homo (1908), “Why I write such excellent books,” § 3, preface
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Part I, Chapter 7
- Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Chapter I, aphorism 6, tr. Walter Kaufmann
- The Antichrist (1895), Aphorism 62 (translated by H. L. Mencken, 1918)
- On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), Essay 2, Section 16
- On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), Essay 1, Section 10 (tr. Walter Kaufmann)
