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"Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself."
"It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exists."
"In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary."
"When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent."
"In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought."
"What is life? A continuous praise and blame."
"Once and for all, there are many things I choose not to know.--Wisdom sets limits even to knowledge."
"He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon."
"I will make an attempt to attain freedom, the youthful soul says to itself; and is it to be hindered in this by the fact that two nations happen to hate and fight one another, or that two continents are separated by an ocean, or that all around it a religion is taught with did not yet exist a couple of thousand years ago. All that is not you, it says to itself."
"Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all organic life (contrary to "happiness" as "goal")."
"We are, indeed, not among the least contented. You, however, if your belief makes you blessed then appear to be blessed! Your faces have always been more injurious to your belief than our objections have! If these glad tidings of your Bible were written on your faces, you would not need to insist so obstinately on the authority of that book ... As things are, however, all your apologies for Christianity have their roots in your lack of Christianity; with your defense plea you inscribe your own bill of indictment."
"Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics; they desire our blood not our pain."
"The higher culture an individual attains, the less field there is left for mockery and scorn."
"Subordination to morality can be slavish or vain or self- interested or resigned or gloomily enthusiastic or thoughtless or an act of despair, just as subordination to a prince can be: in itself it is nothing moral."
"The finest and healthiest thing about science is, as in the mountains, the brisk air blowing around in it.--The spiritually delicate (such as artists) shun and slander science owing to this air."
"The grand style arises when beauty wins a victory over the monstrous."
"Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease."
"I presume that you are compassionate: to be without pity means to be sick in body and spirit. But one should have spirit in abundance, so as to be permitted to be compassionate! For your pity is detrimental to you and to everyone."
"The great advantage in noble parentage is that enables one to endure poverty more easily."
"People live for the morrow, because the day-after-to-morrow is doubtful."