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
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.
God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him!
There are no facts, only interpretations.
One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.
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