Home / Quotes / Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.”

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Book:Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody

Work

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a profound and influential work that delves into the nature of existence, morality, and the human condition. It is a collection of aphorisms and parables narrated by the character Zarathustra, who seeks to inspire a new kind of human being, the overman. The book is known for its challenging and often cryptic style, and it has had a significant impact on Western philosophy and literature. more

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and writer whose works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, literature, and thought. His ideas revolve around concepts such as the 'will to power', the 'Übermensch', and the 'eternal recurrence'. more

You May Also Like

“Cold,” he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. “Not cold so much as underoxygenated,” I said. “I love it when you talk medical to me,” he said. He stood, and pulled me up with him, and did not let go of my hand until we reached the stairs.”

Said Hands Cold Letting Go Fingers Medical Pale Stairs Wrists

Author:John Green

“Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business, after all. So I looked him over and soon it was a staring contest. After a while the boy smiled, and then finally his blue eyes glanced away. When he looked back at me, I flicked my eyebrows up to say, I win. He shrugged”

Eye Winning Boys Decided Blue Strategy Staring Contests Monopoly Eyebrows Blue Eyes

Book:Looking for Alaska

Source: Looking for Alaska

“When you nag, you become the problem, he deals with it by turning you out, but when you don't nag, he deals with the problem.”

Author:Sherry Argov

“Expressing yourself when he takes for granted doesn't work.”

Granted Express Yourself

Author:Sherry Argov

“If a man isn't being nice when you're out, all you have to do is remain polite and then go home early.”

Ifs Men Home Nice Being Nice Polite

Book:Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

“You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?”

People Way Has Beens Done Millions Explanation Dead People

Book:The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24)

Source: The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24)

“I just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough.”

Enough House Tree Walking Remembered Neighborhood Lawns Colorful

Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

“It was so big, that view. I’ll never remember it properly. How can anyone remember something that big? I don’t think people’s brains are designed for memories like that. They’re designed for things like phone numbers, or the color of someone’s hair. Not hugeness.”

People Thinking Bigs Remember Memories Views Numbers Brain Color Hair Phones Phone Numbers Remember Something

Author:Lucy Christopher

“I stayed there, curled up into the warmth of your body, under the blankets, like something soft in a shell. Your arms were firm as rock around me.”

Body Rocks Arms Your Body Firm Warmth Shells Blanket Like Something

Book:Stolen

Source: Stolen

“I craved your warmth. I hugged myself, rubbing my fingers up and down. I guess people are like insects sometimes, drawn to heat, A kind of infra-red longing.”

People Kind Sometimes Red Longing Fingers Heat Warmth Insects Up And Down

Author:Lucy Christopher