Friedrich Nietzsche: Idézetek angolul (oldal 5)

“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”

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

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

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

“Art is the proper task of life.”

“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”

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

“Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”

“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”

“Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.”

“Stupidity in a woman is unfeminine.”

“After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.”

“A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.”

“They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.”

“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”

“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”

“Become who you are!”

“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”

“To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.”