Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche, Graham Parkes (2008). Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody, p.21, Oxford University Press
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Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche, Graham Parkes (2008). Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody, p.21, Oxford University Press

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