"We love life, not because we are..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.
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“Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget that they are friends.”
“The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power.”
“People who, out of an inborn moderation, leave every glass standing only half-emptied refuse to admit that everything in the world has its sediments and dregs.”
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“Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.”
“Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.”
“Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.”
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“The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.”
“If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.”
“There is no past. That's another illusion. Everything that has ever happened to you, to me, to anyone in this world, happened in the present moment. That's all there ever is. So your relationship to life isn't your relationship to your past, it's your relationship to the present moment.”