Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.
Friedrich NietzscheEveryone who enjoys supposes that the tree was concerned with the fruit, but it was really concerned with the seed. -In this lies the difference between all those who create and those who enjoy.
Friedrich NietzscheOh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?
Friedrich NietzscheWith the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving.
Friedrich Nietzsche