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“If a temple is to be erected, a temple must be destroyed.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book On the Genealogy of Morality
Essay 2, Section 24
On the Genealogy of Morality (1887)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Preface
Daybreak — Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (1881)
Friedrich Nietzsche Untimely Meditations
Es gibt kein öderes und widrigeres Geschöpf in der Natur als den Menschen, welcher seinem Genius ausgewichen ist und nun nach rechts und nach links, nach rückwärts und überallhin schielt. Man darf einen solchen Menschen zuletzt gar nicht mehr angreifen, denn er ist ganz Außenseite ohne Kern, ein anbrüchiges, gemaltes, aufgebauschtes Gewand.
“Schopenhauer as educator,” § 3.1, R. Hollingdale, trans. (1983), p. 128
Untimely Meditations (1876)
“Do not forget, man, consumed by lust:
you—are the stone, the desert, are death …”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Dionysian-Dithyrambs
Dionysian-Dithyrambs (1888)
“Let us face ourselves. We are Hyperboreans!”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“O Solitude! You are my home, Solitude!”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“What strange, perplexing, questionable questions!”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche book The Antichrist
This has commonly been paraphrased: The last Christian died on the cross.
Sec. 39
The Antichrist (1888)
“Are you a slave? Then you cannot be a friend. Are you a tyrant? Then you cannot have friends.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man’s torments.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Human, All Too Human
... die Hoffnung: sie ist in Wahrheit das übelste der Übel, weil sie die Qual der Menschen verlängert.
I.71
Variant: Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
Source: Human, All Too Human (1878)
“Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche book Twilight of the Idols
Letter to Elisabeth Nietzsche, Bonn, 1865-06-11. Quoted in Walter Kaufmann, The Faith of a Heretic (opening epigram).
Variant: Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.
Source: Twilight of the Idols
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist