Friedrich Nietzsche/Quotes

"God Is Dead."

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882

"Nietzsche is Dead."

—God, 1900, as quoted by countless philosophy majors

"He Who Fights Monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"Above all else, my children, be hard. For what is done for love is beyond good and evil."

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, telling people to live life by their own rules and nobody else's

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, railing against humanity's herd instincts

"The very word "Christianity" is a misunderstanding -- at bottom there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross."

—Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist, referring to Jesus (who he saw as an example of The Ubermensch)

"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."

—Jeeves, Jeeves Takes Charge