To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.
Friedrich NietzscheVerily, a polluted stream is man. One must actually be a sea to take in a polluted stream without becoming impure. Behold, I teach you the superman: he is the this sea, in him can your great contempt go under.
Friedrich NietzscheNo one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.
Friedrich NietzscheAt present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.
Friedrich Nietzsche