How little it takes to make us happy! The sound of a bagpipe. Without music life would be a mistake. The German even imagines God as singing songs.

More from Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

• And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.
• He who fights against monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you stare persistently into an abyss, the abyss also stares into you.
• He who has a 'why' to live for, can bear with almost any 'how'
• How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we are marching into battle against an enemy.
• In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
• In revenge and in love woman is more barbaric than man is.