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Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Art is the proper task of life.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

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

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“All I need is a sheet of paper
and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo
Friedrich Nietzsche photo

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

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions — as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Sec. 41
The Gay Science (1882)

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Man is the cruelest animal.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

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

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Twilight of the Idols

Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.
Maxims and Arrows, 33
Source: Twilight of the Idols (1888)