Sunday, June 29, 2008

Its easy to criticise Nietzche

Almost all villains if they are to adopt some twisted megalomaniac's philosophy tend to borrow from Nietzsche. But the man was a smart guy, and said some good stuff.
Some highlights:

What does your conscience say? — "You shalt become the person you are."

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

When power becomes gracious and descends into the visible — such descent I call beauty. And there is nobody from whom I want beauty as much as from you who are powerful: let your kindness be your final self-conquest.

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Madness is the exception in individuals but the rule in groups.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

The man should have been some kind of motivational speaker for football clubs.

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