One of the most influential philosophers of all time, Friedrich Nietzsche was also one of the most controversial.
With outrageous views on many life issues, Friedrich Nietzsche totally defied the norm and conventional thought.
For some he was a men ahead of his time, unafraid to speak his mind, and walk the thin line that separates genius from madness.
For some he was a men ahead of his time, unafraid to speak his mind, and walk the thin line that separates genius from madness.
His work is massively known worldwide, books like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo, Beyond Good and Evil, The Anti-Christ, and Twilight of the Idols still create a great buzz today. His thoughts inspired millions.
Get to know the man behind the books with our selection of the top 30 inspirational quotes about life from Friedrich Nietzsche:
30 Friedrich Nietzsche Inspirational Quotes About Life
1. "No price is too high to pay for the
privilege of owning yourself.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
2. “Sometimes people don't want to hear the
truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
3. “We should consider every day lost on which
we have not danced at least once.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
4. “Whoever fights monsters should see to it
that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough
into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
5. “He who has a why to live for can bear
almost any how.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
6. “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to
die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they
cease to be mind.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
7. “I cannot believe in a God who wants to be
praised all the time.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
8. “No one can construct for you the bridge
upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself
alone.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
9. “There is always some madness in love. But
there is also always some reason in madness.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
10. “That which does not kill us makes us
stronger.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
11. “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
12. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ―
Friedrich Nietzsche
13. “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in
groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
14. “Silence is worse; all truths that are kept
silent become poisonous.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
15. “You must have chaos within you to give
birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
16. “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
17. “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.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
18. “There are no beautiful surfaces without a
terrible depth.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
19. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of
friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
20. “The higher we soar the smaller we appear
to those who cannot fly.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
21. “All truly great thoughts are conceived
while walking.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
22. “The man of knowledge must be able not only
to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
23. “The surest way to corrupt a youth is to
instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who
think differently.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
24. “You must be ready to burn yourself in your
own flame.
How could you rise anew if you have not first
become ashes?” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
25. “And those who were seen dancing were
thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
26. “That which is done out of love is always
beyond good and evil.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
27. “There are no facts, only interpretations.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
28. “All things are subject to interpretation.
Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and
not truth.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
29. “All I need is a sheet of paper and
something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
30. “What does your conscience say? — 'You
should become the person you are'.” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
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