Everyone who enjoys thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed. -- Herein lies the difference between them that create and them that enjoy.
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Not infrequently, one encounters copies of important people and, as with paintings, most people prefer the copy to the original.Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
For what purpose humanity is there should not even concern us why you are here, that you should ask yourself and if you have no ready answer, then set for yourself goals, high and noble goals, and perish in pursuit of them.
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One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.
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On the heights it is warmer than people in the valleys suppose, especially in winter. The thinker recognizes the full import of this simile.
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If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants
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A man who is very busy seldom changes his opinions.
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