Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity.
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My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Happiness can be achieved by making clear decisions and having a focused goal.
Friedrich Nietzsche suggests that happiness is achieved through a clear approach to life, which involves making definitive choices ('a Yes, a No') and following a straight path towards a specific goal. This formula highlights the importance of decisiveness and purpose in pursuing true fulfillment and joy.
Themes
HappinessDecisionsGoalsClarityPurpose
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about achieving personal goals, one might reference this quote to emphasize decisiveness.
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Watch them clamber, these swift monkeys! They clamber over one another and thus drag one another into the mud and the depth. They all want to get to the throne: that is their madness β as if happiness sat on the throne. Often, mud sits on the throne β and often the throne also on mud. Mad they all appear to me, clambering monkeys and overardent. Foul smells their idol, the cold monster: foul, they smell to me altogether, these idolators.
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