German philosopher
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.
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.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.
Fear is the mother of morality.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.