The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.
Friedrich NietzscheWe laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, โIt is my will that the sun shall riseโ; or at him who, unable to stop a wheel, says, โI wish it to rollโ; or, again, at him who, thrown in a wrestling match, says, โHere I lie, but here I wish to lie.โ But, joking apart, do we not act like one of these three persons whenever we use the expression โI wishโ?
Friedrich NietzscheDo you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?--Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action that is done with deliberation, the worst as well as the best.
Friedrich Nietzsche