Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity.
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Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Happiness can be found in the ability to let go of negative experiences or thoughts.
In this quote, Nietzsche suggests that true happiness lies in our ability to forget past grievances or pain. By embracing the concept of forgetting, we can liberate ourselves from burdens that hinder our joy, allowing us to live more fully in the present moment.
Themes
HappinessForgettingJoyWellbeingContentment
In practice
Example use cases
During a team meeting, someone might quote Nietzsche to emphasize the importance of moving on from setbacks.
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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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