"When our brain feels too weak to..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Strong currents drag many stones and bushes along with them, strong intellects many dense and muddled minds.”

“The truthful man ends up realizing that he always lies.”

“This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light on the stars requires time; deeds though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the most distant stars - and yet they have done it themselves.”

“Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a racist?”

“Reasons come first. Answers come second”

“If you nail a tool shed closed, how do you put the hammer away?”

“I want to hold onto this funny thing. God, it's gotten big on me. I don't know what it is. I'm so damned unhappy, I'm so mad, and I don't know why. I feel like I'm putting on weight. I feel fat. I feel like I'm saving a lot of things, and I don't know what. I might even start reading books.”

“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”

“The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the one than the other, either as to its violence or duration.”