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
Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows.
Courageous, unconcerned, scornful, coercive - so wisdom wisheth us; she is a woman, and ever loveth only a warrior.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Even the bravest only rarely have courage for what they really know.
A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable.
You lack the courage to be consumed in flames and to become ashes: so you will never become new, and never young again!
I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time has come to plant the seed to his highest hope.
He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens!
The courage of all one really knows comes but late in life.
Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.
Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.
I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.
It takes physical courage to indulge in wickedness. The "good" are too cowardly to do it.
Brave people may be persuaded to an action by representing it as being more dangerous than it really is.