"It is absolutely impossible for a subject..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
It is absolutely impossible for a subject to see or have insight into something while leaving itself out of the picture, so impossible that knowing and being are the most opposite of all spheres.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.”
“All prejudices may be traced back to the intestines. A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Ghost.”
“Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.”
More on Knowledge
“Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.”
“Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere.”
“Ah, only he who knows where he sails, knows what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.”
More on Being
“So give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting . . . snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be, and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything. So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting,” you can reply, “That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing”
“Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.”
“Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life.”