A refined soul is distressed to know that someone owes it thanks; a crude soul, to know that it owes someone thanks.
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All instincts that do not discharge themselves outwardly turn inward - this is what I call the internalization of man: thus it was that man first developed what was later called his soul.
Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.
Tell me, my brother, what do we think bad, and worst of all? Is it not DEGENERATION?-And we always suspect degeneration when the bestowing soul is lacking.
It is not in how one soul approaches another but in how it withdraws that I know its affinity and solidarity with the other.
The nobility of the soul makes itself known by admitting its egoism without consciousness, without remorse, without self-deception.
At the risk of displeasing innocent ears I submit that egoism belongs to the essence of a noble soul.
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