But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthword, downword, into the dark, the deep - into evil.


The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: The First Complete and Authorized English Translation (ed. 1909)

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle...

But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle...

But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle...

But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle...