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In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

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This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

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Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

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Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they ...more

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A promise to love someone forever, then, means, 'As long as I love you I will render unto you the actions of love; if I no longer love you, you will c...more

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Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.

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Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

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A soul that knows it is loved but does not itself love betrays its sediment: what is at bottom comes up."―Epigrams and Interludes, Section 79

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love as a passion—it is our European specialty—must absolutely be of noble origin; as is well known, its invention is due to the Provencal poet-cavali...more

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With hard men intimacy is a thing of shame- and something precious.

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The Christian church is an encyclopaedia of prehistoric cults and conceptions of the most diverse orgiin and that is why it is so capable of proselyti...more

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Love's cruel notion. - Every great love brings with it the cruel idea of killingthe object of that love, so that he may be removed once and for all fr...more

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Marriage as a long conversation. - When marrying you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman ...more

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Dangerous Helpfulness. There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than afterwards to offer them their prescripti...more

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This eternal accusation against Christianity I shall write upon all walls, wherever walls are to be found--I have letters that even the blind will be ...more