![Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wLptxRZmUFc/X1uOsiWcUUI/AAAAAAAALCk/GI-4GX1B2RsLcLdDB-Lx-BIvN6NtM1awQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/ultimately-it-is-the-desire-not-the-desired-that-we-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Friedrich Nietzsche
![Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wLptxRZmUFc/X1uOsiWcUUI/AAAAAAAALCk/GI-4GX1B2RsLcLdDB-Lx-BIvN6NtM1awQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/ultimately-it-is-the-desire-not-the-desired-that-we-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Art is the proper task of life.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4TQPv-tX25I/X0a99rt7HrI/AAAAAAAABgA/u0tbYcNmblMCgtyMV8ZSLT_QN37V7SzsgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/art-is-the-proper-task-of-life-quotes-by-friedrich-nietzsche-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-art-life.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Art is the proper task of life.
![Love is not consolation. It is light.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QQbpEHOJ7DQ/X0bJsHW82SI/AAAAAAAADlQ/SqDnZdqXUx4UCGD8mKT4tW0CpUUonWy9ACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/love-is-not-consolation-it-is-light-quotes-by-friedrich-nietzsche-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Love is not consolation. It is light.
![There are no facts, only interpretations.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aW4MN_pbr58/X1uLFS2umQI/AAAAAAAAKl4/QRJCkGXwdm0rLr0k_1s4N8bjwoKpK5NpgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-are-no-facts-only-interpretations.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
There are no facts, only interpretations.
![The doer alone learneth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sBeN-Dc4sXc/X0bPDRI9_eI/AAAAAAAAE28/RoSVi58GZoUFXcWeFlk8AN5nJuJx19UhACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-doer-alone-learneth-quotes-by-friedrich-nietzsche-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-alone.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The doer alone learneth.
![The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N-xEwnOvOGE/X1uJj5c-TII/AAAAAAAAKTA/kn0jDEheV74oQTmivnJSw3SS8C4htaHiACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-higher-we-soar-the-smaller-we-appear-to-those-who-cannot-fly.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
![Art is the proper task of life.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n4pJ4CWUe8o/X1tdl7nppLI/AAAAAAAAFoI/LvRglA1shMQJ9hVTfXmWVIaJtpvvx3BiwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/art-is-the-proper-task-of-life.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Art is the proper task of life.
![When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x-uA3mZOp4M/X1uQfkmWiUI/AAAAAAAALYw/RfN7-LBxVc4lr1_SlNrd9nGTKWPYX3icwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/when-we-are-tired-we-are-attacked-by-ideas-we-conquered-long-ago.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
![I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yRdHeT4NIoY/X1tqEAnKJFI/AAAAAAAAG-U/6DOgpyU33ZQNUm9XR9hQ5e1yWfTBWNlBQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-cannot-believe-in-a-god-who-wants-to-be-praised-all-the-time.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.
![In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SwZSShcg5WQ/X1tuaWUMQMI/AAAAAAAAHsQ/6HtGVdTL4vUAh-WfLzLmW8dkToIGPJLQQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/in-heaven-all-the-interesting-people-are-missing.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
![Fear is the mother of morality.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8x7qsHcUDEI/X0bBYQwzkoI/AAAAAAAACB4/Jk9FHonvxLQVJCJclEuH2spfvlL_RttXgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/fear-is-the-mother-of-morality-quotes-by-friedrich-nietzsche-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-fear.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Fear is the mother of morality.
![I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mGkP-e2blF4/X1tuUdT-toI/AAAAAAAAHrI/i14g_N-0CQEzrmyHoUHBahG8SShpQ7vvwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-would-believe-only-in-a-god-that-knows-how-to-dance.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)