Man assigned values to things in order to preserve himself- he alone created the meaning of things, a human meaning! Therefore, calls he himself "man," that is, the valuator.
Valuing is creating: hear it, you creators! Valuing itself is the treasure and jewel of all valued things.
the bitch, lust, looks enviously out of all that they do
blood is what bloodless souls crave
"Give them nothing," said the saint. "Take rather part of their load, and carry it along with them—that will be most agreeable unto them: if only it be agreeable unto thee!
Zarathustra answered: "I love mankind."
"Why," said the saint, "did I go into the forest and the desert? Was it not because I loved men far too well?
Then thou carriedst thine ashes into the mountains: wilt thou now carry thy fire into the valleys?
I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it.
What would be thy happiness if thou hadst not those for whom thou shinest!
When Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains.
