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?
“Why did people want to rob him of the fame of fasting longer?” A Hunger Artist
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. Essays
You needn't listen to me; listen to the Logos [within]. When you do, you will agree that all things are One. Fragments
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