"Anti-theses.- The most senile thing ever thought..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Anti-theses.- The most senile thing ever thought about man is contained in the celebrated saying 'the ego is always hateful'; the most childish is the even more celebrated 'love thy neighbor as thyself'. - In the former, knowledge of human nature has ceased, in the latter it has not yet even begun.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.”
“Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.”
“Never to read another book that was born and baptized (with ink) at the same time.”
More on Human Nature
“Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best.”
“We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.”
“But who in war will not have his laugh amid the skulls?”
More on Ego
“The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness.”
“True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This inner alignment with Now is the end of suffering. Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.”
“When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?”