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
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.
I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves. It is to preserve the distance which separates us from other men. To grow more indifferent to hardship, to severity, to privation, and even to life itself.
It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot.
Life is hard to bear: but do not affect to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses.
The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.
Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.
You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening?
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.
This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.
Those who create are hard of heart.
Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many a morality.
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.