Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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

"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."

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

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

"Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day."

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

"All that exists is just and unjust and is equally justified in both respects."

"No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone."

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

"Plato was a bore."

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

"Quiconque lutte contre des monstres devrait prendre garde, dans le combat, à ne pas devenir monstre lui-même. Et quant à celui qui scrute le fond de l'abysse, l'abysse le scrute à son tour."