Methodological and Stylistic Statements

From Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Zarathustra reflects on his own mode of communication: aphoristic, written in blood, requiring active readers; truth speaks in parables.
Part I, 'On Reading and Writing'
Of all that is written I love only what a person has written with his blood.
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Part II, 'The Stillest Hour'

Wisdom speaks without voice; the unspoken word and reluctance to teach.

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Part III, 'On the Vision and the Riddle', Section 1

Address to the bold seekers and riddle-guessers — Zarathustra's intended audience.

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