Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and critic. He was one of the most influential thinkers, with many of his works focusing on existentialism. Here are 10 thought-provoking quotes by him on human nature:
“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.”
“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler.”
“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
“In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.
“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”