Zarathustra

Character in Thus Spoke Zarathustra From: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

The prophet and main character who delivers philosophical discourses and aphorisms

338 quotes

"One repayeth a teacher badly if one always remaineth merely a scholar."
Education
"There are many things which the multitude hath declared accursed and abominable."
"Verily, the earth shall yet become a site of recovery! And even now a new odour floateth thither from the new land."
Hope
"I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses."
Nature
"How should there be eternal life for that which is not eternal!"
Philosophy
"I would that ye were to me as is the wind when it swelleth over the sea."
Freedom
"What is the prisoner's deepest thought?—'Freedom!'"
Freedom
"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."
Wisdom
"I love the great earth and have ceased to believe in the great beyond."
Nature
"Higher than love to thy neighbour is love to thyself; but still higher is love to the remotest and future one."
Love
"Thou hast small eyes; therefore dost thou believe small truths."
Truth
"I teach you the Übermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome."
Philosophy
"Dead are all the gods: now we desire the Übermensch to live."
Philosophy
"One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star."
Creativity
"I love those who do not first look behind them, but look ahead."
Wisdom
"Beware of those in whom the desire to punish is strong."
Justice
"The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes."
Change
"I am a law only for my own; I am not a law for all."
Freedom
"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil."
Education
"Life itself is will to power."
Power
"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
Knowledge
"I teach you the test of life: create what you love."
Creativity
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."
Solitude
"Man is something that must be overcome."
Philosophy
"For the beautiful things are hardest to achieve and all that is beautiful is difficult."
Beauty
"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, it does not exist."
Freedom
"Better to perish than to hate and fear without love."
Love
"A man does not hate as long as he despises."
Truth
"The worst enmity comes from false love."
Relationships
"What is the greatest experience you can have? It is the hour of great contempt."
Wisdom