1. The most beautiful thing in the world is, perhaps, the mysterious. It is the unknown that attracts us.
2. A man who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
3. He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
4. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.
5. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
6. Out of suffering comes strength.
7. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
8. Man is a rope, fastened between beast and overman—a rope over an abyss.
9. Man is something that should be overcome.
10. God is dead.
11. The death of God is the greatest event in history.
12. What is now decisive is the fight against the Christian ideal.
13. The Christian ideal has become the ideal of the herd; and the herd animal regards itself as the highest type of man.
14. The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity.
15. What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.
16. What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
17. What is happiness? The feeling that power increases—that resistance is overcome.
18. The free spirit is a man who has overcome his fear of war.
19. The greatest danger for a man is his own mediocrity.
20. The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
21. The world is a madhouse.
22. The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
23. One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.
24. And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
25. The greatest creators are those who are able to hide their artistry.
26. I am a forest, and a night of dark trees.
27. Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster.
28. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
29. No one can bear very much reality.
30. The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a bad night.
31. One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
32. I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful.
33. What does not kill me makes me stronger.
34. If you have a problem, then solve it. If you can’t solve it, then name it.
35. There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
36. All things are subject to interpretation.
37. There are no facts, only interpretations.
38. The only thing that is constant is change.
39. The future influences the present just as much as the past.
40. The present is a result of the past and a cause of the future.
41. Time is a flat circle.
42. The only thing that matters is the present moment.
43. The past is a foreign country.
44. The future is a mystery.
45. The present is a gift.
46. Enjoy it.
47. The only thing that is real is the eternal recurrence of the same.
48. Everything that has ever happened will happen again and again and again.
49. There is no escape from the cycle of life and death.
50. The only way to break the cycle is to transcend it.
51. You are the only one who can change your life.
52. You are the only one who can create your own happiness.
53. You are the only one who can control your own destiny.
54. The meaning of life is whatever you make it.
55. The purpose of life is to find your gift.
56. The goal of life is to give your gift away.
57. Life is a journey, not a destination.
58. Enjoy the ride.
59. Love is the greatest power in the world.
60. Hate is the greatest destroyer in the world.
61. Forgiveness is the greatest healer in the world.
62. Compassion is the greatest virtue in the world.
63. Generosity is the greatest gift in the world.
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