“What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?”

— Friedrich Nietzsche , book Twilight of the Idols

Wie? ist der Mensch nur ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehlgriff des Menschen?
Maxims and Arrows, 7
Variant: Which? Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?
Source: Twilight of the Idols (1888)

Original

Wie? ist der Mensch nur ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehlgriff des Menschen?

Sprüche und Pfeile, 7
Götzen-Dämmerung
Source: Twilight of the Idols

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Oct. 1, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?" by Friedrich Nietzsche?

Friedrich Nietzsche 655

German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900

Related quotes

“Is man one of God’s blunders, or is God one of man’s blunders?”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

The Roycraft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams (1923)

“One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God.”

Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian

Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC (1973)

“I have often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.”

Richard Cecil (clergyman) (1748–1810) British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 394.

“Fear no man but only God”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Woman is the crowning excellence of God's creation, the shadow of the gods. Man the god's creation only. Woman is light, man is shadow.”

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838–1894) Bengali writer

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: From Bankim's novel Krishnakanta's Will. Quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 114-115