Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, d... -Friedrich Nietzsche

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes to Explore

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause....

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one rec...

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy....

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly....

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they ...

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?...

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one....

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man....

When one has not had a good father, one must create one....

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil....

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Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't del...

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure....

The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either....

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God...

Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth....

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters....

When you are living your truth, you will meet people who love you for that truth....

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world....

If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves o...

If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain can ...