Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzschewas a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life, and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 October 1844
CityRocken, Germany
CountryGermany
The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'
Ye are ugly? Well then, my brethren, take the sublime about you, the mantle of the ugly!
You must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's!
If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.
A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow proudly skywards can dispense with bad weather and storms. Whether misfortune and opposition, or every kind of hatred, jealousy, stubbornness, distrust, severity, greed, and violence do not belong to the favourable conditions without which a great growth even of virtue is hardly possible?
I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.
The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed ? the deed is everything.
We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.
In every age the wisest have passed the identical judgment on life: it is worthless...
Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.
The greatest cure for love is still that time honoured medicine - love returned.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.