Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

The struggle of maturity is to recover the seriousness of a child at play.

I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

I am a forest and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

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

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature,
or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.

Ready must thou be to burn thyself in thine own flame;
how couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes!

There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

There is always some madness in love. But there is always, also, some method in madness.