Wednesday 15 October 2014

15 October: Friedrich Nietzsche

10 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche, born on this date in 1844:

  1. 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.
  2. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
  3. In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
  4. All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
  5. One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
  6. We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
  7. There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
  8. There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
  9. To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
  10. When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.


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