8 Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes on Self

Friedrich Nietzsche quotes on self

59. Was sagt dein Gewissen? - 'Du sollst der werden, der du bist.'

79. We are always in our own company.

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

131. People used to believe in 'the soul' as they believed in grammar and the grammatical subject: people said that 'I' was a condition and 'think' was a predicate and conditioned - thinking is an activity and a subject must be thought of as its cause. Now, with admirable tenacity and cunning, people are wondering whether they can get out of this net - wondering whether the reverse might be true: that 'think' is the condition and 'I' is conditioned, in which case 'I' would be a synthesis that only gets produced through thought itself.

133. I did that,' says my memory. 'I could not have done that,' says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually - the memory yields.

136. Anyone who despises himself will still respect himself as a despiser.

138. Wer mit Ungeheuern kampft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

188. Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.