Full Idea
When we speak of values we do so under the inspiration and from the perspective of life: life itself evaluates through us when we establish values
Gist of Idea
When we establish values, that is life itself establishing them, through us
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 4.5)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.45
A Reaction
I love Nietzsche's ideas about the source of values, and his remarks about the value of life. Other thinkers sound so simplistic in comparison.