Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life their Christianity, for instance.

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult

Summary

This quote suggests that there are individuals who intentionally create challenges and hardships for others solely to later present solutions or remedies, using their religious beliefs, such as Christianity, as a pretext. It implies that some people derive satisfaction or benefit from imposing difficulties on others, allowing them an opportunity to impose their own ideas on how to alleviate those difficulties. The quote implies a criticism of those who exploit the misfortunes of others for their personal gain or to assert their own beliefs.

By Friedrich Nietzsche

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I hope I die before I get old.

I hope I die before I get old.

Hope

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liber

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.

Liberty

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

Ludovico Ariosto

Jealousy

Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor.

Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor.

Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

Love Spirituality Inspirational Neighbor Christianity Sacrifice Eastern Orthodoxy

We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as m

We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.

Benjamin Franklin

Taxation

[...] but just as formerly these pursuits and ideas had seem

[...] but just as formerly these pursuits and ideas had seemed petty and insignificant in comparison with the darkness that overshadowed all existence, so now they seemed as petty and insignificant in comparison with the brilliant sunshine in which the future was bathed. He went on with his work but now he felt that the centre of gravity of his attention had shifted, making him look at his work quite differently and with greater clarity. Formerly this work had been an escape from life: he used to feel that without it life would be too gloomy. Now he needed it so that life might not be too uniformly bright.

Work Perspective

I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few

I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself.

Science

Well, don't just pray to marry the one you love; Instead, pr

Well, don't just pray to marry the one you love; Instead, pray to love the one you marry.

Spencer W. Kimball

Upon books the collective education of the race depends they

Upon books the collective education of the race depends they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

Harry S. Truman

Education

I refer to the restaurant

I refer to the restaurant

Brian W. Aldiss, "in The Guardia

Restaurants

Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.

Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.

Best

I do not have much liking for the too famous existential phi

I do not have much liking for the too famous existential philosophy, and, to tell the truth, I think its conclusions false.

Truth Philosophy