(104 quotes found)
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.”
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”
“Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.”
“And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it!”
“One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power.”
“What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do.”
“Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out”
“When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits to everything”
