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Liberation from the tyranny of early beliefs and affections is the first step towards happiness for these victims of maternal “virtue.”
“Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing.' Between the two, my life flows.”
― I Am That
― I Am That
“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.”
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“the circumstances of men’s lives do much to determine their philosophy, but, conversely, their philosophy does much to determine their circumstances”
― A History of Western Philosophy
― A History of Western Philosophy
“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.”
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
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