A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.
Fear is the mother of morality.
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.
Fear is the mother of morality.
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
So what am I trying to say? Possibly that I'm a cynic that finds religion the expression of mankind's credulity. Or that we are all selfish. Surely I'm not trying to paint a pretty picture of what we are. Noone's special, and this is just an illustration of that even when I sometimes seem stubborn and cold, not even in that am I so special. Everything I've ever said has always been said by someone else first. Every trouble of my heart and mind has troubled someone before me. So it pays off to be humble and not see yourself as the chosen one. Sometimes it pays to get right to the point. Me saying that Nietzche said it first just gives me more umpf. All those quotes that I excluded might have said more about his actual beliefs, but I'm selfish enough to skip all of those to make a point. That's how special I am.
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