Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. German Philosopher. Philologist. Cultural Critic. Anti-Christ. Poet. Classical Scholar. Dionysus. 1844–1900. #Nietzsche

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I have no use of disciples. Let everyone be their own true follower. #Nietzsche

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both cases, more endangered human beings, more fruitful human beings, happier beings! For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is—to live dangerously! #Nietzsche

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We now need many preparatory courageous human beings—human beings who know how to be silent, lonely, resolute, and content and constant in invisible activities; human beings distinguished as much by cheerfulness, patience, unpretentiousness,

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and contempt for all great vanities as by magnanimity in victory and forbearance regarding the small vanities of the vanquished; human beings accustomed to command with assurance but instantly ready to obey when that is called for—equally proud, equally serving their own cause in

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And life itself revealed this secret to me: “Behold,” it said, “I am that which must overcome itself again and again.” #Nietzsche

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Free, do you call yourself? Then I would hear your ruling thought, and not merely that you have escaped from a yoke. Are you one of those who had the right to escape from a yoke? Many a one has cast away his last worth when he has cast away his servitude. #Nietzsche

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Flee, my friend, into your solitude—and there, where a rough strong breeze blows. It is not your job to be a flyswatter. #Nietzsche

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Far away from the market-place and from fame happens all that is great: far away from the market-place and from fame have always dwelt the creators of new values. #Nietzsche

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Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has, it has stolen. #Nietzsche

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Find an exalted and noble reason for being in life; seek destruction for its own sake! I know of no better purpose in life than to be destroyed by that which is great and impossible! #Nietzsche

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is in restless turmoil. Ten times a day you must discover the truth; otherwise you will search for it even at night, & your soul will remain troubled. Ten times a day you must laugh & be cheerful: otherwise you will face nocturnal unease, the father of all affliction. #Nietzsche

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Ten times a day you must conquer yourself; this provides serene repose and is the flower of the soul. Ten times a day you must reconcile with yourself: since if defeat is always a cause of bitterness, on the other hand, he who does not retire at night reconciled with himself

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Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. #Nietzsche

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When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago. #Nietzsche

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Equality belongs essentially to decline: the chasm between man and man, class and class, the multiplicity of types, the will to be oneself, to stand out—that which I call pathos of distance—characterizes every strong age. #Nietzsche

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I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that. #Nietzsche

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It is where our deficiencies lie that we indulge in our enthusiasms. The command ‘love your enemies!’ had to be invented by the Jews, the best haters there have ever been. #Nietzsche

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When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago. #Nietzsche

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If a man wants to become a hero the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he will lack his proper enemy. #Nietzsche

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War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has hitherto saved the victims. #Nietzsche

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The conditions under which a strong, noble species maintains itself (in the matter of intellectual discipline especially) are precisely the reverse of those under which the industrial masses—the tea-grocers à la Spencer—subsist. #Nietzsche