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Single Idea 18306

[filed under theme 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven ]

Full Idea

We certainly do not want to enter into the kingdom of heaven: we have become men, so we want the kingdom of earth.

Gist of Idea

We don't want heaven; now that we are men, we want the kingdom of earth

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 4.18.2)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.325

The 23 ideas from 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'

18287 People now find both wealth and poverty too much of a burden [Nietzsche]
18286 The greatest experience possible is contempt for your own happiness, reason and virtue [Nietzsche]
18288 Heaven was invented by the sick and the dying [Nietzsche]
18290 But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek? [Nietzsche]
18289 Forget the word 'I'; 'I' is performed by the intelligence of your body [Nietzsche]
18291 Virtues can destroy one another, through jealousy [Nietzsche]
18292 I can only believe in a God who can dance [Nietzsche]
18293 The noble man wants new virtues; the good man preserves what is old [Nietzsche]
18294 The state coldly claims that it is the people, but that is a lie [Nietzsche]
18295 If you want friends, you must be a fighter [Nietzsche]
18296 An enduring people needs its own individual values [Nietzsche]
18297 We created meanings, to maintain ourselves [Nietzsche]
18298 Not being a god is insupportable, so there are no gods! [Nietzsche]
18299 The will is constantly frustrated by the past [Nietzsche]
18300 Whenever we have seen suffering, we have wanted the revenge of punishment [Nietzsche]
18301 We only really love children and work [Nietzsche]
18302 Man and woman are deeply strange to one another! [Nietzsche]
18303 Reject wisdom that lacks laughter [Nietzsche]
18304 Saints want to live as they desire, or not to live at all [Nietzsche]
18305 To love truth, you must know how to lie [Nietzsche]
18306 We don't want heaven; now that we are men, we want the kingdom of earth [Nietzsche]
18307 I want my work, not happiness! [Nietzsche]
20757 The powerful self behind your thoughts and feelings is your body [Nietzsche]