Quote of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: But in the loneliest desert the...

Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and philologist whose work deeply influenced modern thought.
Born: 1844 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

But in the loneliest desert the second metamorphosis occurs: the spirit here becomes a lion; it wants to capture freedom and be lord in its own desert.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Note

The Three Metamorphoses

Quote source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

But in the loneliest desert the second metamorphosis occurs: the spirit here becomes a lion; it wants to capture freedom and be lord in its own desert.

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Translation

(French, German)

Mais au fond du désert le plus solitaire s’accomplit la seconde métamorphose : ici l’esprit devient lion, il veut conquérir la liberté et être maitre de son propre désert.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra

Aber in der einsamsten Wüste geschieht die zweite Verwandlung: Zum Löwen wird hier der Geist, Freiheit will er sich erbeuten und Herr sein in seiner eignen Wüste.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Also sprach Zarathustra

Quotes about mind:

Hide your life and spread your spirit.

Victor Hugo - Les rayons et les ombres /

A healthy mind in a healthy body.

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis /

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Gautama Buddha /

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

Alexis de Tocqueville /

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

René Descartes - Discourse on the Method /

My spirit yearns for action, my breath for freedom.

Friedrich Schiller - The Robbers /

All about mind...

Quotes about freedom:

One is not born, but rather becomes, free.

André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie /

freedom

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

Nelson Mandela /

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy /

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Hannah Arendt /

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

George Bernard Shaw - Man and Superman /

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Soren Kierkegaard /

All about freedom...

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche also said...

Let it not be your honor henceforth whence you come, but where you go!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra /

The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human /

... but we want to be the poets of our life—first of all in the smallest, most everyday matters.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Joyful Science /

All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Joyful Science /

Become who you are!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra /

to be

We are so fond of being out among Nature, because it has no opinions about us.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human /

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