Become what you are
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“What does your conscience say? – ‘You shall become the person you are’.” (The Gay Science, Nietzsche), German original: " "Was sagt dein Gewissen? - 'Du sollst der werden, der du bist'"--(p. 270) |
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"Become what you are" is a dictum by Pindar.
- γένοι' οἷος ἐσσὶ μαθών
- Become such as you are, having learned what that is
- Pythian 2, line 72.
- Variant translations:
- Be what you know you are
- Be true to thyself now that thou hast learnt what manner of man thou art
- Having learned, become who you are
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