Friedrich Quotes

Friedrich Quote of the day

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.

Pure logic is the impossibility by means of which science is maintained.

The man consummatig his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope and making solmn vows, thus one should learn to die.Friedrich Nietzsche - thus spoke zarathustra.

That the other suffers has to be learned

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs

... first learn to construct the parts properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole

What is reasonable is real

Youth is an unpleasant period

Association with other people corrupts our character

Moderation sees itself as beautiful

Master morality is a "yea-saying" attitude where "good" and "bad" are equivalent to "noble" and "despicable" respectively.

Childhood has its secrets and its mysteries

To live is to suffer

To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way

The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses …

And just look at these men: their eye saith it - they know nothing better on earth than to be with a woman.Filth is at the bottom of their souls

the voice of beauty speaks softly

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions

one does not only wish to be understood when one writes

Man does not strive for happiness

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance

All beings so far have created something beyond themselves