To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
What does not kill me makes me stronger.
There is no true world; only the world we create with our thoughts.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Madness is rare in individualsbut in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
The lie of the world exists in its acceptance.
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.
Love is not consolation. It is light.
You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?
A thinker sees his own actions as the actions of a player in a game.
The goal of the revolution is the creation of the noble man.
Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live.
Those who are seen dancing are thought to be insane by those who cannot hear the music.
Every perfect observer is also a critic.
We are all too fond of our own pain.
To invent your own future is the greatest form of rebellion.
You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, the only right way, it does not exist.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
In peace, the sons bury their fathers. In war, the fathers bury their sons.
He who seeks the great is often blinded by his own light.
The beast that bears up against the weight of its own existence is the simplest form of wisdom.
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.
Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t cast out the best of yourself.
The destiny of men is in their own hearts.
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Life is a will to power.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.
The greatest eventsthey are not our loudest but our stillest hours.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead.
The first question you should ask yourself is: Why am I here?
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head.
Creation is the best of all dramas.
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
In every work of art the spirit of the age is reflected.
All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
The ‘noble’ man seeks meaning in chaos.