“For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again.” NeedsMeanCasesDegreesDistinctionConsolationAssertion Book:Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality Source: Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality
“When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and Providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good.” MayMeanFactsHappensOrderEvilHabitAriseProvidenceConsolation Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts