In chapter 79 of his book, A Dragon's Tale, Antiproton quoted Nietzsche... (Oh if you haven't read A Dragon's tale https://storiesonline.net/s/27799/a-dragons-tale/i you really should do so!
Anyway just a bit of Nietzsche is a deep subject to read and left me with the following:
Thoughts on fighting monsters:
1) Monsters must be fought.
2) If you fight monsters, there is a very real possibility you will become a monster.
3) With one and two in mind, how is it possible to fight monsters without becoming a monster?
4) Humans have ‘internal’ and external monsters that they must fight.
5) If you fail to deal with your ‘internal’ monsters, then when you attempt to fight external monsters you will become a monster indistinguishable from those against whom you battle.
6) Not fighting monsters means that you surrender to monsters, which is at least as bad, if not worse, as becoming a monster. For to enable a monster is to empower it to devour the innocent.
Thoughts about gazing into the abyss:
1) What is the abyss? I. E. What do we mean when we talk about the abyss?
2) For now I’m going with what I believe is a working definition of he abyss: The abyss is the unknown. It is possible that the abyss in this context is the unknowable.
3) Nietzsche said if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you. What did he mean? Is is possible to determine what he meant with this statement? Is the abyss the way Nietzsche speaks of it some sort of ‘over-mind? If the abyss is some sort of ‘over-mind’, does it have conscience? I. E. If the abyss is aware of those who gaze into it, what is its purpose on gazing back?