"Oh, where in the world has greater folly occurred than among the pitying? And what in the world causes more suffering than the folly of the pitying? Woe to all lovers who do not yet have an elevation that is above their pitying! Thus the devil once spoke to me: “Even God has his hell: it is his love for mankind.” And recently I heard him say these words: “God is dead; God died of his pity for mankind.” Thus I warn you against pity: from it a heavy cloud is coming to mankind! Indeed, I understand weather forecasting! But note these words too: all great love is above even all its pitying, for it still wants to create the beloved! “I offer myself to my love,and my neighbor as myself”–thus it is said of all creators. But all creators are hard. –Thus spoke Zarathustra."