“The lie is a condition of life.”
Life“Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”
Alone“The lie is a condition of life.”
Life“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.”
Art“Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.”
Experience“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
Great“Woman was God's second mistake.”
God“To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.”
Experience“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.”
Truth“Faith: not wanting to know what is true.”
Faith“Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.”
Good“Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god but who knows my god?”
God“Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.”
Good“I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.”
Power“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
Wisdom“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
Strength“Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”
Alone“A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.”
God“Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.”
Death“There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.”
Truth“One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.”
Truth“Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.”
Love