Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter … - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.

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What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.

It is intoxicating joy for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and to forget himself.

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Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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