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Zarathustra
Zarathustra meets the old saint in the forest when he first comes down from the mountain. The saint has dwelt in the forest for many years, praising God in solitude. He tries to discourage Zarathustra from rejoining humanity. Zarathustra marvels that the saint doesn’t yet know that “God is dead.”
The Old Saint Quotes in Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Zarathustra’s Prologue
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“With singing, weeping, laughing, and muttering I praise the God who is my God. But what do you bring us as a gift?”
When Zarathustra heard these words, he saluted the saint and said: “What should I have to give you! But let me go quickly, that I may take nothing from you!” And thus they parted from one another, the old man and Zarathustra, laughing as two boys laugh.
But when Zarathustra was alone, he spoke thus to his heart: “Could it be possible! This old saint has not yet heard in his forest that God is dead!”
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The Old Saint Quotes in Thus Spoke Zarathustra
The Thus Spoke Zarathustra quotes below are all either spoken by The Old Saint or refer to The Old Saint. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Zarathustra’s Prologue
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“With singing, weeping, laughing, and muttering I praise the God who is my God. But what do you bring us as a gift?”
When Zarathustra heard these words, he saluted the saint and said: “What should I have to give you! But let me go quickly, that I may take nothing from you!” And thus they parted from one another, the old man and Zarathustra, laughing as two boys laugh.
But when Zarathustra was alone, he spoke thus to his heart: “Could it be possible! This old saint has not yet heard in his forest that God is dead!”
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