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"There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live and the will to die."
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"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."

"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."
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"Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them."
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"Your will to success supersedes all other wills."

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