NIETZSCHE

It's the start of a new semester! I've had this particular blog post as a draft for a while now and never really got around to finishing it, but I figured now would be a good time to complete it.
I was on twitter during the break looking at Nietzsche Quotes and I read so many good quotes that I really loved and stood out to me. Just wanted to share.

"Faith: not wanting to know what is true."
I think the mind is always about self preservation. In fact I think all that we do is to protect ourselves from harm's way. I read this quote and it made me really confused and mixed up. Because if this is true, then everything is just so morbid really. That the truth will always disappoint us, and that the things we hold strong faith and confidence in, are actually just our greatest denials. 


"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
Hope in the moment of all things is maybe one of the greatest things because it helps us continue on, but I think most of the time we use hope as an excuse to keep holding on to things that we should just let go.


"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler."
Whenever I think about anything it seems so right and so simple, and I feel like words always mess it up. Even now I'm having a hard time describing this quote. Today in painting class we were learning about hues and how pure colors and pigments were, and I feel like with words you can never truly achieve the real pigment of the thought. The closest you'll get is a cheaper imitation pigment of an explanation.

"He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either."
You can't feel things through experiences that you theorize; I just don't think it's possible. You can get really close to it, but I don't think it could compare. The difference between sympathizing and empathizing.


"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."
I feel like I do this a lot. When it comes down to it, I have conversations with best friends and just friends alike, I say things, talk about myself, but often times it's a front we all create. Obviously there's truth to what I say, but again words get in the way and the forms we describe ourselves in can vastly change the way others view us.


"Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth."
I feel like most of these quotes have come back to words. Maybe it's because I find it hard to describe exactly what I'm thinking or feeling. I feel like maybe that's why I enjoy having a blog because even though things may not come out exactly how I want, I can try to explain and express myself continuously and say whatever I want anytime. It's harder when talking to people because I start to worry if other's are understanding what I'm saying. On blog, I don't really have to worry about it cause I blog for myself.