Friedrich Nietzsche

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Art is the great stimulus to life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

Friedrich Nietzsche

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Assuming that we have trained our imagination to denounce the past, we will not suffer much from unfulfilled wishes.

Friedrich Nietzsche

At the beginning of a marriage ask yourself whether this woman will be interesting to talk to from now until old age. Everything else in marriage is transitory: most of the time is spent in conversation.

Friedrich Nietzsche

At times, our strengths propel us so far forward we can no longer endure our weaknesses and perish from them.

Friedrich Nietzsche