We, however, want to become those we are--human beings who are new, unique, incomparable, who give themselves laws, who create the...mselves. To that end we must become the best learners and discoverers of everything that is lawful and necessary in the world: we must become physicists in order to be able to be creators in this sense--while hitherto all valuations and ideals have been based on ignorance of physics or were constructed so as to contradict it. Therefore: long live physics! And even more so that which compels us to turn to physics--our honesty!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To "give style" to one's character--a rare and noble art! Those practice it who compass all that their natures present as strength...s and weaknesses and then fit them into an artistic plan until every one appears as art and reason and even weakness enchants the eye.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The moral earth, too, is round! The moral earth, too, has its antipodes! The antipodes, too, have their right to exist! There is s...till another world to be discovered--and more than one! Set sail, you philosophers!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have given my pain a name and call it "dog"Mit is every bit as faithful, every bit as nosey and shameless, every bit as entertai...ning, every bit as clever as any other dog--and I can boss it around and vent my bad moods on it, just as others do with their dogs, servants, and wives.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Amor fati: that shall henceforth be my love! I do not want to wage war against the ugly. I do not want to accuse--I do not even wa...nt to accuse those who accuse. Let looking away be my only denial! And all in all and on the whole: I want someday to be purely and simply a Yes-sayer!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For believe me!--the secret to harvesting the greatest abundance and the greatest enjoyment from existence is this--living dangero...usly! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves! Be robbers and conquerors, so long as you cannot be rulers and possessors, you knowing ones! The time will soon be past when you could be content to live hidden in the forests like timid deer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »