"Many are stubborn in pursuit of the..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“So far no one had had enough courage and intelligence to reveal me to my dear Germans. My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine.”

“When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.”

“There is no pre-established harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind.”

“In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my head to shake or nod, my hand to wave or make into a fist, my lungs to shout or whisper with. I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book. All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try. And no one can help me. Not even you.”

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical.”

“Il faut d'abord durer (First One Must Endure).”

“Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.”

“Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.”

“You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don't dream about.”