Single Idea 18304

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle]

Full Idea

'To live as I desire to live or not to live at all': that is what I want, that is what the most saintly man wants.

Gist of Idea

Saints want to live as they desire, or not to live at all

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 4.09)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.285


A Reaction

[spoken by Zarathustra]