Character Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“In the philosopher, conversely, there is nothing whatever that is impersonal;7 and above all, his morality bears decided and decisive witness to who he…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“In the philosopher, conversely, there is nothing whatever that is impersonal;7”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The philosopher is lacking who interprets the deed and does not merely transpose it.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden which it cannot…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Here then we see philosophy brought to a critical position, since it has to be firmly fixed, notwithstanding that it has nothing to support…

— Immanuel Kant

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

“The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“It has gradually become clear to me what every great philosophy up till now has consisted of – namely, the confession of its originator,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The ideas of the moral order and of God belong to the ineradicable substrate of the human soul.”

— C.G. Jung

“There is a moral to it. It teaches that a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.”

— Albert Camus

“He is only a philosopher in the manner of Socrates, whom he revered above all others because he left behind no dogma, no teachings,…

— Stefan Zweig

“Man has been placed on that summit where he contains within him the source of self-impulsion toward good and evil in equal measure; the…

— Friedrich Schelling