"The greatest progress that the human race..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
The greatest progress that the human race has made lies in learning how to make correct inferences.
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“"What is good?" ye ask. To be brave is good. Let the little girls say: "To be good is what is pretty, and at the same time touching."”
“Where I found the living, there I found the will to power; even in the will of servants I found the will to be master.”
“One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life.”
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“Preparatory human beings. - I welcome all signs that a more virile, warlike age is about to begin, which will restore honour to courage above all! For this age shall prepare the way for one yet higher, and it shall gather the strength that this higher age will require some day - the age that will carry heroism into the search for knowledge and that will wage wars for the sake of ideas and their consequences.”
“If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.”
“The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a little. The way to do nothing at all is to be continually resolving that you will do everything.”
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“Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas. It is true that every dogma crumbles sooner or later, because reality will eventually disclose its falseness; however, unless the basic delusion of it is seen for what it is, it will be replaced by others.”
“We must stitch up what has been torn apart, render justice imaginable in the world which is so obviously unjust, make happiness meaningful for nations poisoned by the misery of this century. Naturally, it is a superhuman task. But tasks are called superhuman when men take a long time to complete them, that is all.”
“We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life.”