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[NoelSeven]

On 4/2/2015 only shops online said:

What doesn't kill you leaves you with PTSD!

Actually, that's very true in many cases.

[DoneTryin]

In many cases, yes, I think it's true insofar as experience being a good teacher. However, we all do have our own breaking point. Some people can work past it & others are more fragile & they break one way or another.

[SuiGeneris]

On 4/2/2015 eloise said:

On 4/2/2015 SuiGeneris said:

I don't believe in the merit of the quote because I don't believe in the philosophy of the person who originated the quote - Friedrich Nietzsche.

His philosophical writings include the ideas of the Ubermensch [Super-human], the "death" of God and the "will to power," which were used by Hitler to rationalize German superiority and the Holocaust of the Jews.

Also, his life ended in a complete mental breakdown, originally thought to be caused by tertiary syphilis, but later attributed to probable manic-depression. Before his death, he suffered two strokes, and by the end of his life he was unable to speak or walk. This doesn't appear [to me] to be the vibrant life of a person who would have epitomized the quote, <em>"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."</em>

interesting. Thanks.

You're welcome, eloise, as well as SoftRaindrops.

I studied Nietzsche in a philosophy class in college, and found his life and work bizarrely fascinating.