more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
Do I aspire after happiness? I aspire after my work!
Gist of Idea
I want my work, not happiness!
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 4.20)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.336
A Reaction
I empathise with aspiring to do something, rather than be something. But what do we wish for our children? Happiness first, then achievement?