What does not kill me makes me stronger.
Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.
Philosophers
Friedrich Nietzsche
Prussian philosopher born in 1844 who became a Basel professor at 24, resigned due to illness, and produced "God is dead," the Ubermensch, and eternal recurrence -- ideas that shook modern philosophy to its core.
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Friedrich Nietzsche's Other Quotes
God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him!
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
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