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What knows he of love who has not been obliged to despise just what he loved

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Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

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He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

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The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.

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He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face of the earth ...more

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If, in all that you wish to do, you begin by asking yourself: am I certain that I would wish to do this an infinite number of times? This should be fo...more

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Art is the proper task of life.

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And granted that your imperative, "living according to Nature," means actually the same as "living according to life"--how could you do DIFFERENTLY? W...more

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Art is the proper task of life.

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Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

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Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.

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We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

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Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

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He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

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When we observe how some people know how to manage their experiences--their insignificant, everyday experiences--so that they become an arable soil th...more