“What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!’ Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, ‘Never have I heard anything more divine’?” – Friedrich Nietzsche
/
/
"What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!’ Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, ‘Never have I heard anything more divine’?" – Friedrich Nietzsche
"What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!’ Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, ‘Never have I heard anything more divine’?" – Friedrich Nietzsche
More Stories Like These
In Quotes
A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions. Hans Speier
A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions.PropagandaQuotations by Hans Speier
In Quotes
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true — it did for me. Zina Garrison
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true — it did for me.AttitudeQuotations by Zina Garrison
In Quotes
"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum." – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
In Quotes
"If the garage is full of stuff, the seller is saying there’s no storage in this house." – Cindy Sullivan
“If the garage is full of stuff, the seller is saying there’s no storage in this house.” – …
In Quotes
Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well. William Shakespeare
Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.PerfectionQuotations by William Shakespeare
In Quotes
Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe. Nicholas Breton
Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.Friends and FriendshipQuotations by Nicholas …
In Quotes
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. Titus Maccius Plautus
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.PriceQuotations by Titus Maccius Plautus
The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself.
Author: Andre MalrauxTheme: Art, NatureWords: order, seen, artist, universe, created, private
In Quotes
At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks. E.E. (Edward. E.) Cummings
At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.AmericaQuotations by E.E. …
In Quotes
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. Henry David Thoreau
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.MoneyQuotations by Henry David Thoreau