Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

Biography: Friedrich Nietzsche is known for his profound influence on modern phil... more Biography: Friedrich Nietzsche is known for his profound influence on modern philosophy. Born in 1844 in Röcken, Prussia, Nietzsche was a classical philologist whose works like "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and "Beyond Good and Evil" challenged traditional notions of morality, religion, and truth, emphasizing the concept of the Übermensch and the will to power. His thoughts laid the groundwork for existentialism and postmodernism. less

"Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises""The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently""Become who you are""There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth""Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man""The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time""There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness""He who cannot obey himself will be commanded""The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude""When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you""He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster""To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering""10: The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.""9: In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.""8: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.""7: The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.""6: Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.""5: And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.""4: Without music, life would be a mistake.""3: There are no facts, only interpretations."

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