Quotes from bookThus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts written between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Übermensch, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.
“there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears.”
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Variant: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
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“I fear you close by; I love you far away.”
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“Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance.”
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“I hate you most because you attract, but are not strong enough to pull me to you.”
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“Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off.”
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“He who obeys, does not listen to himself!”
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“You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.”
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“One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.”
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“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Part I, Chapter 11, "Vom neuen Götzen" ("The New Idol"). Published in four parts between 1883 and 1891 Another translation: “But the state lieth in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it saith it lieth; and whatever it hath it hath stolen.”
“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
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“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
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“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.”
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Variant: I would only believe in a god who could dance.
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