On polling day.... a thought... In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. 

There are no facts, only interpretations.

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad. Friedrich Nietzsche

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? 

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. 

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. 

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. 

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.