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 must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's!
One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.
That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.
if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.
A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable.
Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around every profound spirit a mask is continually growing.
We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to.
That is an artist as I would have an artist be, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art--panemet Circen.
In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.
It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?
The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.
For out of fear and need each religion is born, creeping into existence on the byways or reason.
When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.