Ernesto
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“The West: a sweet-smelling rottenness, a perfumed corpse.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“To will [Wollen]! Great words! pointer on the scales of the Last Judgment, the bridge between heaven and hell! Reason is not the light shining from heaven, but only a sign post set up by ourselves and directed to the chosen goal, that it may show us the direction when the goal itself is concealed. But one can direct it to hell just as well to heaven.”
― Manuscript Remains, Vol 1: Early Manuscripts 1804-18
― Manuscript Remains, Vol 1: Early Manuscripts 1804-18
“For the Greeks, physical exercise was an ethic for developing freely and harmoniously the form and strength of the human body. For the Romans, it was a technique for increasing the legionnaire's efficiency. The Roman conception prevails today.”
― The Technological Society
― The Technological Society
“Only from within himself can a person know the depth of the world: in him lie the interconnections of the world.”
― Aphoristic Writings, Notebook, and Letters to a Friend
― Aphoristic Writings, Notebook, and Letters to a Friend
“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
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