Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes & Sayings

“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”

“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.”

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”

“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

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

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

“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”

“When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.”

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”