I Became An Ardent, But Never A

I Was At Home Then In The World Of Figures, But Not In That Of Values.

I Admired In Others The Strength That I Lacked Myself.

Why You Exist, Says Nietzsche With Søren Kierkegaard, Nobody In The World Can Tell You In Advance; But Since You Do Exist, Try To Give Your Existence A Meaning By Setting Up For Yourself As Lofty And Noble A Goal As You Can.

The Historian Is Looked Upon As Objective When He Measures The Past By The Popular Opinions Of His Own Time, As Subjective When He Does Not Take These Opinions For Models. That Man Is Thought Best Fitted To Depict A Period Of The Past, Who Is Not In The Least Affected By That Period. But Only He Who Has A Share In Building Up The Future Can Grasp What The Past Has Been, And Only When Transformed Into A Work Of Art Can History Arouse Or Even Sustain Instincts.

I Did Not Know What It Was To Be Happy For A Whole Day At A Time, Scarcely For An Hour.