"It is certainly not the least charm..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable; it is precisely thereby that it attracts the more subtle minds. It seems that the hundred-times-refuted theory of the "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.”
“The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.”
“I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.”
More on Philosophy
“Skepticism, is that anything more than we used to mean when we said, Well, what have we here?”
“Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.”
“Art is lies that tell the truth.”
More on Theory
“No fairer destiny could be allotted to any physical theory than that it should of itself point out the way to the introduction of a more comprehensive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.”
“Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.”
“As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist”