All FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Quotes about “Desire”

“Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.”
“Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire.”
“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”
“What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure - as a mere automaton of duty?”
“I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)”
“The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).”
“One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.”
“Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.”
“He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.”
“The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful.”
“Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.”
“The desire for a strong faith is not the proof of a strong faith, rather the opposite. If one has it one may permit oneself the beautiful luxury of skepticism: one is secure enough, fixed enough for it.”
“The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".”
“Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.”
“The rising and falling of the scales of pride and humility sustain the brooding mind as well as the alternations of desire and peace of the soul.”
“Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.”
“THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very high plane he does not easily find anyone to share his pleasure; he offers entertainment but nobody accepts it. That gives him, in certain circumstances, a comically touching pathos; for he has no right to force pleasure on men. He pipes, but none will dance: can that be tragic?”
“Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.”
“Live so that thou mayest desire to live again - that is thy duty - for in any case thou wilt live again!”
“The thirst for equality can express itself either as a desire to draw everyone down to one's level, or to raise oneself and everyone else up.”

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