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“We are always in our own company.”

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and writer whose works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, literature, and thought. His ideas revolve around concepts such as the 'will to power', the 'Übermensch', and the 'eternal recurrence'. more

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“While every noble morality develops from a triumphant affirmation of itself, slave morality from the outset says No to what is "outside," what is "different," what is "not itself"; and this No is its creative deed.”

Different Creative Morality Slave Deeds Noble Affirmation Triumphant Genealogy

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches and in punishment there is so much that is festive!”

Humans Teach Ancient Punishment Cruelty Festivals Human History Festive

Book:Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought

Source: Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought

“The doctrine of equality! ... But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it is actually the end of justice ... "Equality to the equal; inequality to the unequal" that would be true justice speaking: and its corollary, "never make the unequal equal".”

Ends Would Be Justice Existence Equal Doctrine Being True Inequality Poison Venomous Justice Equality True Justice

Book:Twilight of the Idols

Source: Twilight of the Idols

“The states in which we infuse a transfiguration and a fullness into things and poetize about them until they reflect back our fullness and joy in life... three elements principally: sexuality, intoxication and cruelty all belonging to the oldest festal joys.”

States Joy Three Elements Sexuality Cruelty Belonging Fullness Intoxication Transfiguration

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again.”

Needs Mean Cases Degrees Distinction Consolation Assertion

Book:Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

Source: Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

“Faced with a world of "modern ideas" which would like to banish everyone into a corner and a "specialty," a philosopher, if there could be a philosopher these days, would be compelled to establish the greatness of mankind, the idea of "greatness," on the basis of his own particular extensive range and multiplicity, his own totality in the midst of diversity.”

Ifs World Ideas Would Be Modern Mankind Greatness Particular Diversity Bases Philosopher Corners These Days Range Midst Compelled Totality Multiplicity Specialty

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“I have somehow something like "influence" ... In the Anti-Semitic Correspondence ... my name is mentioned in almost every issue. Zarathustra ... has charmed the anti-Semites; there is a special anti-Semitic interpretation of it that made me laugh very much.”

Made Names Laughing Issues Influence Special Interpretation Correspondence Charmed Anti Semitic Zarathustra

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“I will make an attempt to attain freedom, the youthful soul says to itself; and is it to be hindered in this by the fact that two nations happen to hate and fight one another, or that two continents are separated by an ocean, or that all around it a religion is taught with did not yet exist a couple of thousand years ago. All that is not you, it says to itself.”

Years Two Soul Facts Happens Hate Fighting Nations Taught Couple Thousand Ocean Years Ago Crosses Bridges Streams Continents Thousand Years Constructs Two Nations

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“We often contradict an opinion for no other reason than that we do not like the tone in which it is expressed.”

Reason Opinion Tone

Book:Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“We want to be poets of our life first of all in the smallest most everyday matters.”

Want Firsts Matter Our Lives Poet Everyday Smallest

Book:The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

Source: The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs