Friedrich Nietzsche

most mysterious and original philosopher

The thirst for equality can express itself either as a desire to draw everyone down to one's level, or to raise oneself and everyone else up.More Friedrich Nietzsche quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Man is at his furthest remove from the animal as a child, his intellect most human. With his fifteenth year and puberty he comes astep closer to the animal; with the sense of possessions of his thirties (the median line between laziness and greediness), still another step. In his sixtieth year of life he frequently loses his modesty as well, then the septuagenarian steps up to us as a completely unmasked beast: one need only look at the eyes and the teeth.More Friedrich Nietzsche quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when, in the midst of nature and the world, he feels himself to be man!More Friedrich Nietzsche quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book.More Friedrich Nietzsche quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso makes its opinions more easily understandable and persuasive.More Friedrich Nietzsche quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Quotes of the month

Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail of their sanity. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

Enjoy the little fun things - like taking your kids to school - before they're all grown up. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

Of all the weapons discussed in this book, nothing is more important than your primary firearm. Keep it cleaned, keep it oiled, keep it loaded, keep it close. With a cool head, steady hand, and plenty of ammunition, one human is more than a match for an army of zombies. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More