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
You should seek your enemy, you should wage your war - a war for your opinions. And when your opinion is defeatedy our honesty should still cry triumph over that!
The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.
Only you must have worthy foes hate, but not enemies worthy of contempt. You must be proud of your enemy.
Learning from one's enemies is the best way to love them, for it puts one into a grateful mood toward them.
A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.
In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him.
Now we will no longer concede so easily that anyone has the truth ; the rigorous methods of inquiry have spread sufficient distrust and caution, so that we experience every man who represents opinions violently in word and deed as any enemy of our present culture, or at least as a backward person. And in fact, the fervor about having the truth counts very little today in relation to that other fervor, more gentle and silent, to be sure, for seeking the truth, a search that does not tire of learning afresh and testing anew.
To demand of strength that it should not express itself as strength, that it should not be a desire to overcome, a desire to throw down, a desire to become master, a thirst for enemies and resistances and triumphs, is just as absurd as to demand of weakness that it should express itself as strength.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
To learn from our enemies is the best pathway to loving them: for it makes us grateful to them.
You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.
Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like.