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 love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom.
I hate you most because you attract, but are not strong enough to pull me to you.
If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.
Only he who is man enough will release the woman in woman.
We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.
We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
Perhaps no one as yet has been truthful enough about what "truthfulness" is.
Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it--right, my friends?
I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.
I am not bigoted enough for a system-and not even for my system.
My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
God is a gross answer, an indelicacy against us thinkers- at bottom merely a gross prohibition for us: you shall not think!