Friedrich Nietzsche on Purpose Quotes

Nietzsche diagnosed the modern crisis of nihilism—the loss of inherent meaning—but he also offered the cure. He wrote, 'He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ' He believed that since the universe has no pre-written purpose, we are free (and obligated) to create our own. This is the task of the 'Übermensch' (Overman)—to assign value to life through one's own creative will. Nietzsche challenges us to craft a purpose so compelling that it justifies all the suffering of existence.