This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For...

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being...

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends,...

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all...

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all...

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even...

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even...

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so...

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so...

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

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

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

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.