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"But if there is no harm, to the elements themselves in each continually changing into another, why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements [himself] for it is according to nature; and nothing is evil that is according to nature."

Marcus Aurelius

topics:

• nature

• decay

• entropy

• stoicism

341

"Blessed are the forgetful: for they 'get the better' even of their blunders."

Friedrich Nietzsche

topics:

• mistakes

• memory

148

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

Friedrich Nietzsche

topics:

• suffering

• purpose

370

"The true man wants two things: danger and play."

Friedrich Nietzsche

topics:

• play

• creativity

• power

355

"The man of 'modern ideas', the conceited ape, is excessively dissatisfied with himself- this is perfectly certain. He suffers, and his vanity wants him only 'to suffer with his fellows.'"

Friedrich Nietzsche

topics:

• modernity

• self-hate

• religion

150