

“Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired greatness, became 'geniuses' (as we put it), through qualities the lack of which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all possessed that seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to construct the parts properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole”
― Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
― Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain.”
― The Eye of the World
― The Eye of the World

“Is this modern world of ours a rising civilization or an exhausted one? Its trouble and complexity are caused by the highest form of consciousness. 73 Overwork, curiosity and sympathy – our modern vices.”
― The Will to Power
― The Will to Power
“The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.”
― Dominion
― Dominion

“Marriage as a long conversation. - When marrying you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? Everything else in a marriage is transitory, but most of the time that you're together will be devoted to conversation.”
― Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
― Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
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