“For what purpose humanity is there should not even concern us.
Why you are there, that you should ask yourself:
and if you have no ready answer,
then set for yourself goals - high and noble goals - and perish in pursuit of them!
I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”
- Nietzsche
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That very quote saved my being several years ago and did a great part of who I am today.
I have not read Nietzsche extensively, except browsing through volumes of his books in the library and on my bookshelf, jumping from one paragraph to another, reading only the ones that catch my eyes.
But that very paragraph was very eye-catching and enlightening.
That very quote has been living in me for years ever since I ran into it.
And recently, I had to bring that quote up and show it to some of my friends.
I am not sure if it's going to help them since every human being is different so it's going to have different level of impact on everyone. But I hope that very quote would do to them what it did to me.
As I sent those quote out,
I also had a chance to review the course of walk I had...
Have I been going for the "high and noble goal"?
My answer to that is "not really"...
My life since I read that quote for the first time has changed dramatically, but I still have so many regrets about my past that builds up every second. I need to live my life more fully, so that I won't regret whenever I read that quote.
Why you are there, that you should ask yourself:
and if you have no ready answer,
then set for yourself goals - high and noble goals - and perish in pursuit of them!
I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”
- Nietzsche
---
That very quote saved my being several years ago and did a great part of who I am today.
I have not read Nietzsche extensively, except browsing through volumes of his books in the library and on my bookshelf, jumping from one paragraph to another, reading only the ones that catch my eyes.
But that very paragraph was very eye-catching and enlightening.
That very quote has been living in me for years ever since I ran into it.
And recently, I had to bring that quote up and show it to some of my friends.
I am not sure if it's going to help them since every human being is different so it's going to have different level of impact on everyone. But I hope that very quote would do to them what it did to me.
As I sent those quote out,
I also had a chance to review the course of walk I had...
Have I been going for the "high and noble goal"?
My answer to that is "not really"...
My life since I read that quote for the first time has changed dramatically, but I still have so many regrets about my past that builds up every second. I need to live my life more fully, so that I won't regret whenever I read that quote.
