“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms
“Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."
[The Minotaur]”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
[The Minotaur]”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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