Friedrich Nietzsche

(15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer. He wrote several critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.

“Now, most people bear life without any considerable grumbling, and consequently believe in the value of existence, but precisely because each one is solely self-seeking and self-affirming, and does not step out of himself like those exceptions; everything extra-personal is imperceptible to them, or at most seems only a faint shadow. Therefore on this alone is based the value of life for the ordinary man, that he regards himself as more important than the world. The great lack of imagination from which he suffers is the reason why he cannot enter into the feelings of other beings, and therefore sympathizes as little as possible with their fate and suffering.” – Friedrich Nietzsche from Human, All Too Human #33

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” Friedrich Nietzsche