Friedrich Nietzsche

"Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them."

"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."

"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."

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

"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."

"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."

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

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."

"All I need is a sheet of paperand something to write with, and thenI can turn the world upside down."

"Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?"

"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."

"Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive."

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

"When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art."

"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity."

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

"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied."

"Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life."

"It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn it better."

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."