The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche All philosophers make the common mistake of taking contemporary man as their starting point and of trying, through an analysis of him, to[21] reach a conclusion. "Man" involuntarily presents himself to them as an aeterna veritas as a passive element in every hurly-burly, as a fixed standard of things. Yet everything uttered by the philosopher on the subject of man is, in the last resort, nothing more than a piece of testimony concerning man during a very limited period of time. Friedrich Nietzsche mistake trying men How much disgruntled heaviness, lameness, dampness, how much beer is there in the German intelligence. Friedrich Nietzsche germany insulting beer I love him who is of a free spirit and a free heart: thus is his head only the bowels of his heart; his heart, however, causeth his down-going. Friedrich Nietzsche free-spirit i-love-him heart This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. Friedrich Nietzsche modesty love hands Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself Friedrich Nietzsche sincerity achievement steps There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs. And when the lambs whisper among themselves, "These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever is the opposite of a bird of prey must be good," there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument-though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb. Friedrich Nietzsche trust evil opposites Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a friendship - that no doubt requires the assistance of a slight physical antipathy Friedrich Nietzsche women able doubt I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom. Friedrich Nietzsche valiant motivation enough You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted. Friedrich Nietzsche existentialism wish looks There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. Friedrich Nietzsche sphinx results eye A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. Friedrich Nietzsche wedding-anniversary friendship sex There is nothing that has caused me to meditate more on Plato's secrecy and sphinx-like nature, than the happily preserved petit fait that under the pillow of his death-bed there was found no 'Bible,' nor anything Egyptian, Pythagorean, or Platonic - but a book of Aristophanes. How could even Plato have endured life - a Greek life which he repudiated - without an Aristophanes! Friedrich Nietzsche greek plato book I presume that you are compassionate: to be without pity means to be sick in body and spirit. But one should have spirit in abundance, so as to be permitted to be compassionate! For your pity is detrimental to you and to everyone. Friedrich Nietzsche compassion should-have mean Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. Friedrich Nietzsche dog witty inspirational Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. Friedrich Nietzsche individual-morality individuality science Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded. Friedrich Nietzsche vanity hardest pride The will to truth is merely the longing for a stable world. Friedrich Nietzsche longing truth world Heraclitus was an opponent of all democratic parties. Friedrich Nietzsche opponents democratic party If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs. Friedrich Nietzsche typical character men What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. Friedrich Nietzsche errors lasts mistake
