“Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what is lovable in man is that he is an over-going and a down-going.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“Why," said the saint, "did I go into the forest and the desert? Was it not because I loved mankind far too well? Now I love God! Mankind I do not love; mankind is a thing too imperfect for me. Love of mankind would be fatal to me.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“Must one first batter their ears, that they may learn to hear with their eyes? Must one clatter like kettledrums and penitential preachers? Or do they only believe the stammerer?”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
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