Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even...

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but...

Fear is the mother of morality.

Fear is the mother of morality.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even...

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even...

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use...

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to...

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease...

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this....

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that...

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that...

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves...