Quotes by Nietzsche, Friedrich

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really th >>

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we >>

In the mountains the shortest route is from peak to peak, but for that >>

Quotations about Emotions

You learn to put your emotional luggage where it will do some good, in >>

It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. >>

It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the ne >>

We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything. For that very reason we ought to discipline ourselves a little; for that very reason we ought to cultivate a little emotion, a little emotional vice, from time to time. It may be hard for us; and among ourselves we may perhaps laugh at the appearance we thus present. But what of that! We no longer have any other mode of self-overcoming available to us: this is our asceticism, our penance.

Nietzsche, Friedrich