All FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Quotes about “Character”

“If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.”
“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.”
“Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.”
“A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.”
“That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.”
“He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.”
“Unconsciously we seek the principles and opinions which are suited to our temperament, so that at last it seems as if these principles and opinions had formed our character and given it support and stability.”
“What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do.”
“Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity.”
“You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.”
“When one speaks of humanity, the idea is fundamental that this is something which separates and distinguishes man from nature. In reality, however, there is no such separation: "natural" qualities and those called truly "human" are inseparably grown together. Man, in his highest and noblest capacities, is wholly nature and embodies its uncanny dual character. Those of his abilities which are terrifying and considered inhuman may even be the fertile soil out of which alone all humanity can grow in impulse, deed, and work.”
“A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.”
“A married philosopher is a comic character.”
“Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.”
“It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.”
“So long as the spectator has to figure out the meaning of this or that person, or the presuppositions of this or that conflict of inclinations and purposes, he cannot become completely absorbed in the activities and sufferings of the chief characters or feel breathless pity and fear.”
“Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again.”
“Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.”
“The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.”

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