"Try for once to justify the meaning of your existence as it were a posteriori by setting yourself an aim, a goal... an exalted and noble 'to this end.' Perish in pursuit of this and only this"
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and cultural critic whose works challenged religion, morality, and metaphysics. His books include Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morality. His thought deeply influenced modern philosophy and literature.