Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.
Interpretation
What this quote means
One should not seek personal pleasure without also providing happiness to others.
This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche emphasizes the importance of reciprocity in relationships and interactions. It suggests that true enjoyment comes not merely from self-gratification, but from also contributing joy and happiness to the lives of others. This notion encourages a sense of responsibility towards those around us, reminding us that our actions impact the happiness of others and that fulfillment is often rooted in shared experiences and mutual joy.
Themes
JoyHappinessReciprocityRelationshipsFulfillment
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about community service to inspire others to contribute to the happiness of those in need.
More from Friedrich Nietzsche
All quotes βThat which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
Watch them clamber, these swift monkeys! They clamber over one another and thus drag one another into the mud and the depth. They all want to get to the throne: that is their madness β as if happiness sat on the throne. Often, mud sits on the throne β and often the throne also on mud. Mad they all appear to me, clambering monkeys and overardent. Foul smells their idol, the cold monster: foul, they smell to me altogether, these idolators.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they do not lie.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
The anarchist and the Christian have a common origin.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
Similar quotes
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
Abu BakrRead
though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.
Khalil GibranRead
History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.
Harold MacmillanRead
My grandmother always told me that regardless of what the world gives you, stay humble. Stay strong in your beliefs, and be honest. And when you're wrong, be a man and say you're wrong. And be strong when you're right.
Charles BradleyRead
All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle. When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. . . .
Sogyal RinpocheRead