"Nothing in life possesses value except the..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing in life possesses value except the degree of power--assuming that life itself is the will to power.
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“It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.”
“He who bestows something great receives no gratitude; for in accepting it the recipient has already been weighed down too much.”
“Let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!”
More on Power
“So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened.”
“Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.”
“He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
More on Value
“What was done with the seed saved from the India Hemp last summer? It ought, all of it, to have been sewn again; that not only a stock of seed sufficient for my own purposes might have been raised, but to have disseminated the seed to others; as it is more valuable than the common Hemp.”
“Genius lasts longer than beauty”
“Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.”