Friedrich Nietzsche

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Great intellects are skeptical.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!

Friedrich Nietzsche