Friedrich Nietzsche

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

"We have art in order not to die of the truth."

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."

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

"I am one thing, my writings are another."

"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends."

"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."

"Success has always been a great liar."

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

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time."

"The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity."

"Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity."

"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing."

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

"I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage"

"You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light."

"What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe. It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter."

"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."