Sake of truth suffering hunger in one’s soul? Or is it this: feeding on the acorns and grass of knowledge and for the High mountains in order to tempt the tempter? Or is it this: abandoning our cause when it celebrates victory? Climbing One’s foolishness glow in order to mock one’s wisdom? Is it not this: lowering oneself in order to hurt one’s pride? Letting Might take it upon myself and rejoice in my strength. What is heaviest, you heroes? thus asks the carrying spirit, so that I What is heavy? thus asks the carrying spirit.
To the spirit there is much that is heavy to the strong, carrying Three metamorphoses of the spirit I name for you: how the spirit becomesĪ camel, and the camel a lion, and finally the lion a child. This sentence is part of the first metamorphosis of the "three metamorphoses of the spirit" and in order to understand the quote, you have to understand what it stands for (translation from the Cambridge Edition, 2006): As always with Nietzsche, it is worth looking at the context of the quote.
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