"We seldom break our leg so long..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“I love those who do not know how to live for today.”

“To be natural means to dare to be as immoral as Nature is.”

“Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.”

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

“Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.”

“Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage”

“The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.”

“I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.”

“Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?”