"In solitude there grows what anyone brings..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
In solitude there grows what anyone brings into it, the inner beast too. Therefore solitude is inadvisable to many.
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“Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.”
“When we stand the truth on its head we generally fail to notice that our head is not standing where it should be standing either.”
“In every form of womanly love something of motherly love also comes to light.”
More on Solitude
“Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.”
“Solitary converse with nature; for thence are ejaculated sweet and dreadful words never uttered in libraries. Ah! the spring days, the summer dawns, and October woods!”
“The painter must be solitary. For if you are alone you are completely yourself, but if you are accompanied by a single companion, you are only half yourself.”
More on Self
“I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.”
“You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality.”
“Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. Hold fast to the real Self. Think only pure thoughts, and you will accomplish more than a regiment of mere preachers. Out of purity and silence comes the word of power.”