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“Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is FREE from the crowd, the many, the majority-- where he may forget "men who are the rule," as their exception;-- exclusive only of the case in which he is pushed straight to such men by a still stronger instinct, as a discerner in the great and exceptional sense.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance run, all alone, very exhausting. Alone in a dreary room, alone in the dock before the judges, and alone to make up your mind, before yourself and before the judgement of others. At the end of every freedom there is a sentence, which is why freedom is too heavy to bear.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“Doubt … is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.”
― Memoirs of a Madman
― Memoirs of a Madman
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