Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
(love this guy's beard)
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Quote of the Day
Today while looking at Dr. Preston's link to a quote by British billionaire, Richard_Branson on his blog, I started thinking... Then seeing this and hearing of how many quotes Josh Montero, has on his blog, I am going to join in on the trend and start posting my own Daily Quote of the Day. Here's my first.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Super creepily true...
ReplyDeleteThat quote reminds me of how social movements throughout history have sought peace, equality, and justice, yet many of them have failed miserably. For example the Bolshevik Revolution started out as a rebellion against medieval feudalism, but it eventually morphed into Stalinism, etc. It's as if, the Bolsheviks ended up becoming, the very people they wanted to replace.
ReplyDeleteFor the caption under one of Nietzsche's portraits, I was talking to my friend, Juan yesterday about his awesome beard and he corrected me, by reminding me that it is actually a mustache.
ReplyDeleteThe student has become the teacher...