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
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.
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.
Did you ever say yes to a pleasure? oh my friends, then you also said yes to all pain. all things are linked, entwined, in love with one another.
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
Pathetic attitudes are not in keeping with greatness.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
A moral system valid for all is basically immoral.
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?
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.