Friedrich Nietzsche
“Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.”
Twilight of the Idols, “Maxims and Arrows” §34, 1888
Documented source
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (written 1888), “Maxims and Arrows” §34
Translator
Anthony Ludovici, 1911 (public domain)
Wording
Exact per Ludovici
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About this line
Nietzsche did his real thinking on foot — in the Alps, along the Italian coast — and trusted almost nothing that arrived at a desk. He composed Twilight of the Idols in a matter of weeks, one of his most compressed and combative books.
Why we carry this line
I thought of the story about Steve Jobs walking and working. Walter Isaacson mentions this in his biography. You understand if you are a walker.
