“The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.”
Expeditions of an Untimely Man, 19
Twilight of the Idols (1888)
“For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?”
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), I : The Man of Flesh and Bone
“Lecco is a country that I would call one of the most beautiful in the world.”
Original: (it) Lecco è Un paese che chiamerei uno dei più belli al mondo.
Hyperion http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5436, Bk. III, Ch. IV (1839).
Variant: Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.
Context: "Ah! this beautiful world!" said Flemming, with a smile. "Indeed, I know not what to think of it. Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine, and Heaven itself lies not far off. And then it changes suddenly; and is dark and sorrowful, and clouds shut out the sky. In the lives of the saddest of us, there are bright days like this, when we feel as if we could take the great world in our arms and kiss it. Then come the gloomy hours, when the fire will neither burn on our hearths nor in our hearts; and all without and within is dismal, cold, and dark. Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad."
Source: Confessions of a Young Man http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12278/12278-h/12278-h.htm (1886), Ch. 7.
“She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”
Source: The Beauty Myth
“Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.”
The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus https://books.google.com/books?id=xvv4HcYdxd0C&pg=PA42&dq=%22Those+who+have+the+disease+called+Jesus+will+never+be+cured.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9_f7L-JTkAhXJ1VkKHfSGDHUQ6AEwAXoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Those%20who%20have%20the%20disease%20called%20Jesus%20will%20never%20be%20cured.%22&f=false (1986), p. 42
1980s
Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
