We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

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.
• 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.
• In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.