Something to Think About

“And so onwards along the path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence! However you may be, be your own source of experience! Throw off your discontent about your nature; forgive yourself your own self, for you have in it a ladder with a hundred rungs, on which you can climb to knowledge.”

— Nietzsche (Aphorism 292 - Human, All Too Human)

This is pretty much my life philosophy. And I've tried to explain it to somebody before but he said it best.


Also, I'm writing a paper on existentialism right now so I've been doing a lot of research. Another really interesting book I just read related to this quote is "Existentialism Is a Humanism" by Sarte.

:"Man...is nothing to begin with. He creates his essence--his self, his being--through the choices he freely makes. Were it not for the contingency of his death, he would never end. Choosing to be this or that is to affirm the value of what we choose."