Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The real question is: How much truth can I stand?

The real question is: How much truth can I stand?

I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

We have art so that we shall not die of reality.

We have art so that we shall not die of reality.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.

Loneliness is one thing, solitude another.

Loneliness is one thing, solitude another.

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be.

Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.

So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.

Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?

Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?

No artist tolerates reality.

No artist tolerates reality.