No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it. The Alchemist
Every living creature is happy when he fulfills his destiny, that is, when he realizes himself, when he is being that which in truth he is. For this reason, Schlegel, inverting the relationship between pleasure and destiny, said, “We have a genius for what we like.” Genius, man’s superlative gift for doing something, always carries a look of supreme pleasure. What is Philosophy?
I shall repeat a hundred times; we really ought to free ourselves from the seduction of words! Beyond Good and Evil
'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep. Don Quixote
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