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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?



Mathematics would certainly have not come into existence if one had known from the beginning that there was in nature no exactly straight line, no actual circle, no absolute magnitude.



Fear is the mother of morality.



Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.



What is wanted -- whether this is admitted or not -- is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual: one never tires of enumerating and indicating all that is evil and inimical, prodigal, costly, extravagant in the form individual existence has assumed hitherto, one hopes to manage more cheaply, more safely, more equitably, more uniformly if there exist only large bodies and their members.



Necessity is not an established fact, but rather an interpretation.



Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.



Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.



People demand freedom only when they have no power.



One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not roam.

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