He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary. |
He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser. |
He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar. |
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. |
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? |
He who has a why can endure any how |
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. |
He who has why to live can bear almost any how |
He who laughs best to-day, will also laugh last. |
He who laughs best today, will also laughs last. |
He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life. |
He who makes no secret of himself, enrages: so much reason have you for fearing nakedness. |
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. |
He who writes in blood and aphorisms does not want to be read, he wants to be learned by heart. |
Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire |