Tuesday, September 15, 2020

 

The One Thing Needful

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), Human, All Too Human I, 486 (tr. R.J. Hollingdale):
The one thing needful. — There is one thing one has to have: either a cheerful disposition by nature or a disposition made cheerful by art and knowledge.

Das Eine, was Noth thut. — Eins muss man haben: entweder einen von Natur leichten Sinn oder einen durch Kunst und Wissen erleichterten Sinn.
"Das Eine, was Noth thut" is a scriptural echo (Luke 10:42).

See also Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, I, 13 (tr. Walter Kaufmann):
Ten times a day you must laugh and be cheerful.

Zehn Mal musst du lachen am Tage und heiter sein.



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