Existentialism
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844 - 1900)
Quotes
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A
sublime one saw I today, a solemn one, a penitent of the
spirit: Oh, how my soul laughed at his ugliness! (thus
spake zarathustra) |
Our destiny exercises its influence
over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature;
it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human [1878]
"When Zarathustra was alone...he said to
his heart: 'Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet
heard of it, that God is dead!'"
Thus Spake Zarathustra [1883-1891]
"Without Music, life would be a mistake."
"I call Christianity the one great curse,
the one enormous and innermost perversion, the one great instinct of revenge,
for which no means are too venemous, too underhand, too underground and too
petty--I call it the one immortal blemish of mankind."
"The thought of suicide is a great consolation:
by means of it one gets successfully through many a bad night."
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it
that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look into an
abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth
than lies.(Human,all too Human)
We are like shop windows in which we are continually
arranging, concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to
us - in order to deceive ourselves. (Daybreak)
Ce
qu'on fait n'est jamais compris mais seulement loué ou blâmé.
Nietzsche, Gay Science |
