Destiny Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

17 Destiny quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Nietzsche never shied away from the tough questions, and his 17 destiny statements are no exception. Expect a blend of provocation and depth that pushes you to rethink whether destiny is a force or a creation of our own will.

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Beware of spitting against the wind!

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We ought to face our destiny with courage.

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A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . .

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The danger in happiness - "Now everything is turning out right for me; from now on i'll love every turn of fate…

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The destiny of mankind is arranged for happy moments every life has such but not for happy times.

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I love him who maketh his virtue his inclination and destiny: thus, for the sake of his virtue, he is willing to…

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Free will without fate is no more conceivable than spirit without matter, good without evil.

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Give me today, for once, the worst throw of your dice, destiny. Today I transmute everything into gold.

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Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate.

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Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for…

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I know my fate. One day my name will be tied to the memory of something monstrous - a crisis without equal…

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The destiny of the human race is to widen the gap separating it from the lower races of animals. Any code of…

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I love him who desireth not too many virtues. One virtue is more of a virtue than two, because it is more…

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Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that…

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Astrology presupposes that the heavenly bodies are regulated in their movements in harmony with the destiny of mortals: the moral man presupposes…

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Free will appears unfettered, deliberate; it is boundlessly free, wandering, the spirit. But fate is a necessity; unless we believe that world…

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I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous — a crisis without equal…

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“The great periods of our life occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is bad about us as what is best.”

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“What is life? Life - that is: continually shedding something that wants to die. Life - that is: being cruel and inexorable against everything…

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It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

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