Nietzsche’s Quotations

A collection of Nietzsche's classic quotations

1. If you fight with the dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself; if you stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss will stare back.

2. All trust, all calm state of mind, and all evidence of truth are generated from feelings.

3. What doesn’t kill me will only make me stronger.

4. Only by understanding the 'why' can we welcome 'anything'.

5. If you go to a woman, don’t forget to bring a whip!

6. Every day without dancing is a betrayal of life.

7. Even if life is a dream, we must have this dream with gusto and not lose the passion and fun of the dream; even if life is a tragedy, we must act out the tragedy vividly and not lose the joy of it. The magnificence and comfort of tragedy.

8. Those who cannot hear the music think those who dance are crazy.

9. Be brave enough to be yourself!

10. People who suffer have no right to be pessimistic. If a suffering person is pessimistic, he will not have the courage to face reality and the strength to fight against suffering. As a result, he will suffer even more.

11. Wisdom wishes us to be brave, worry-free, dignified and strong. She is a woman who always only loves warriors.

12. Late youth is lasting youth.

13. Many truths are told in the form of jokes.

14. No winner believes in opportunity.

15. Although a diligent person may damage his insight or spiritual freshness and creativity because of his diligence, he will still be praised.

16. Blind diligence can indeed create wealth and glory. However, many noble and elegant organs are also deprived of this virtue that can only create wealth and glory.

17. Most thinkers write poorly because they have to convey not only their thoughts but also the process of thinking.

18. Strong hope has a greater exciting effect on life than any kind of realized happiness.

19. Conviction is more dangerous to the truth than rumors.

20. Whoever will shock the world with his voice will remain silent for a long time; whoever will ignite lightning will drift like a cloud for a long time.

21. In fact, people are the same as trees. The more they yearn for the sunshine at high places, the more their roots will stretch into the dark underground.

22. I feel sad, not because you deceived me, but because I can no longer trust you.

23. If a person knows why he lives, he can endure any kind of life.

24. The light of day cannot realize the depth of night.

25. You might as well take a bold risk in life, because you are going to lose it anyway. If there is a miracle in this world, it is just another name for hard work. The most difficult stage in life is not that no one understands you, but that you don't understand yourself.

26. When you suffer, don’t tell others for sympathy, because for a unique person, even his pain is unique, profound, and difficult for others to understand. The sympathy of others will only relieve the personal nature of your pain, reducing it to a banal trouble, and at the same time devaluing your personality.

27. A more advanced philosopher is alone, not because he wants to be lonely, but because he cannot find his kind around him.

28. People either never dream, or they have interesting dreams; people must also learn to wake up: either they never wake up, or they have interesting dreams.

29. The wisdom of turning a deaf ear.

---If we are filled with what others are saying about us all day long, and if we even speculate on what others are thinking about us, then even the strongest people will not be spared! Because other people are only as good as their own. Only when they are stronger than us can we be allowed to live beside them; if we surpass them, if we even just want to surpass them, they will not be able to tolerate us! In short, let us use a rare and confused spirit and They get along with each other, turning a deaf ear to and not even thinking about all their comments, praises, condemnations, hopes and expectations about us.

30. How can the light of day understand the depth of darkness at night?

31. Those who cannot take orders from themselves must take orders from others.

32. Life has no purpose, only process. The so-called ultimate purpose is empty.

33. Never forget. The higher we fly, the smaller we appear in the eyes of those who cannot fly.

34. You have to understand that the script of your life is not a sequel to your parents, not a prequel to your children, and not a sequel to your friends. You might as well take a bolder risk in life, because you are going to lose it anyway. If there is a miracle in this world, it is just another name for hard work. The most difficult stage in life is not that no one understands you, but that you don’t understand yourself.

35. There are three realms of human spirit: camel, lion and baby. The camel in the first realm endures humiliation and bears the burden, passively obeying the orders of others or the arrangements of fate; the lion in the second realm turns passivity into initiative, from what you should to what I want, and I take the initiative to strive for everything and take the initiative to take responsibility for life; the third realm Baby, this is a state of I AM, living in the present moment and enjoying everything that is now.

36. The reason why I am so smart is because I never waste energy on unnecessary things! Knowledge is infinite and life is limited. If we use limited life to pursue infinite knowledge, then our Life will be wasted. On the contrary, using a limited life to acquire necessary knowledge, producing a unique personal style, and containing unlimited new knowledge is the innovation of wisdom!

37. Humility is based on strength, and arrogance is based on incompetence.

38. The so-called noble soul has awe of itself.

39. Ignorance is the source of all suffering.

40. As long as a smart person can control himself, he will lose nothing.

41. People can control behavior, but they cannot restrain feelings, because feelings are fickle.

42. My philosophy is just a light that illuminates you and makes you yourself!

43. You are a lonely weirdo today. You live in isolation. One day You will become a nation!

44. Real men crave two different things: danger and games.

45. The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his paradise, he will create an ideal hell again.

46. Without terrible depth, there would be no beautiful water surface.

47. The need to fill the stomach is the reason why people cannot regard themselves as God so easily.

48. People who despise themselves respect themselves as despisers.

49. What is life? Life is to constantly put the threat of death away from oneself.

50. You must be prepared to bathe in your own flames: how can you be reborn, if you do not turn to ashes first?

51. Who wants to learn to fly? One must first learn to stand, run, jump and dance: one cannot learn to fly by flying.

52. What real thinkers yearn for most is leisure. The ordinary scholar avoids it because he does not know what to do with his leisure, and his comfort is books.

53. Faith means not wanting to know what the truth is.

54. All good things approach their goals in twists and turns, all straightness is a lie, all truth is curved, and time itself is a circle.

55. Strong hope is a greater stimulant than any joy in life.

56. The value of a person can only be measured by comparing himself with others.

57. Where there is a lack of will, there is an urgent need for faith. Will, as the emotion of command, is the most important symbol of autonomy and strength

58. Human beings are a rope that sits between superman and beast.

59. Time flies by so fast. How we hope that everything can fly with it.

60. If you want to go to a high place, you must use your own two legs! Don’t let others lift you to high places; don’t sit on other people’s backs or heads.