Joyful wisdom

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“Whatever has value in our world now does not have value in itself, according to its nature -- nature is always value-less, but has been given value at some time as a present-- and it was we who gave and bestowed it. Only we have created the world that concerns man! -- But precisely this knowledge we lack, and when we occasionally catch it for a fleeting moment we always forget it again immediately; we fail to recognize our best power and underestimate ourselves, the contemplatives, just a little. We are neither as proud nor as happy as we might be.”