“The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.”
God“When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.”
Men“The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.”
God“Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.”
Dad“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”
Hope“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
God“The doer alone learneth.”
Alone“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”
Life“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
Friendship“A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.”
Great“There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.”
God“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“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
Wisdom“Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.”
Time“Woman was God's second mistake.”
God“All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.”
Future“In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.”
Best“There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.”
Love“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Life“I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'”
Art“Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.”
Art“Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.”
Women