Friedrich Nietzsche

Of all that is written, I love only what a person hath written with his blood. Write with blood, and thou wilt find that blood is spirit.

[dailynietzsche]

“To suffer from one’s environment, to defend oneself with involuntary mistrust against its love, to learn silence, and to create for oneself nooks and undiscoverable solitudes for moments of relief, until one is finally strong enough to say, ‘what do I have to do with you?’ and to go one’s own way.”

—F. Nietzsche, The Will to Power, §970 (edited excerpt).

[friedrichnietzsche]

“One must learn to look away from oneself in order to see much: this hardness is necessary to every climber of mountains.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Third Part). 

[friedrichnietzsche]

“Alas, that you would understand my word: ‘Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.’” 

—Friedrich Nietzsche, On Virtue That Makes Small, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Third Part). 

[friedrichnietzsche]

“At bottom, these simpletons want a single thing most of all: that nobody should hurt them. Thus they try to please and gratify everybody. This, however, is cowardice, even if it be called virtue.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, On Virtue That Makes Small, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Third Part).

[friedrichnietzsche]

“And this too I have learned among them: he who gives praise poses as if he were giving back; in truth, however, he wants more gifts.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, On Virtue That Makes Small, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Third Part).

[friedrichnietzsche]

“Alas, I knew noble men who lost their highest hope. Then they slandered all high hopes. Then they lived impudently in brief pleasures and barely cast their goals beyond the day [. . .] Then the wings of their spirit broke [. . .]

Once they thought of becoming heroes: now they are voluptuaries. The hero is for them an offence and a fright.

But by my love and hope I beseech you: do not throw away the hero in your soul! Hold holy your highest hope!”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, On The Tree On the Mountainside, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (First Part). 

[friedrichnietzsche]

“What is most difficult, O heroes, asks the spirit that would bear much, that I may take it upon myself and exult in my strength? Is it not humbling oneself to wound one’s haughtiness? [. . .]

Or is it this: feeding on the acorns and grass of knowledge and, for the sake of truth, suffering hunger in one’s soul? [. . .]

Or is it this: loving those who despise us and offering a hand to the ghost that would frighten us?” 

–– Friedrich Nietzsche, On The Three Metamorphoses, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (First Part). 

[friedrichnietzsche]

The most dangerous follower is he whose defection would destroy the whole party: that is to say, the best follower.

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer and his Shadow. (via friedrichnietzsche)

[friedrichnietzsche]

One must be a sea to receive a dirty stream without becoming unclean.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. (via friedrichnietzsche)

[nietzscheinpinstripes]

“Who we are is but a stepping-stone to what we can become”

- Friedrich Nietzsche (via nietzscheinpinstripes)

[wordsnquotes]

We want to be poets of our life — first of all in the smallest most everyday matters.

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom (via wordsnquotes)

[fy-perspectives]

Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (via fy-perspectives)

[friedrichnietzsche]

Our faith in others betrays in what respect we would like to have faith in ourselves.

Friedrich Nietzsche, On The Friend, Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

[friedrichnietzsche]

One must be a sea to receive a dirty stream without becoming unclean.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

[fyp-psychology]

Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.

Friedrich Nietzsche  (via fyp-philosophy)

[dailynietzsche]

“The actual man represents a much higher value than the desirable man of any ideal.”

—F. Nietzsche, The Will to Power, §390 (excerpt).

[dailynietzsche]

“The basic tendency of the weak and mediocre of all ages is to weaken and pull down the stronger, chiefly by means of moral judgment.”

—F. Nietzsche, The Will to Power, §345 (edited excerpt).