“One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.”
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About this quote
Zarathustra speaks to his disciples after the market-place has emptied and the day is turning. The image of a dancing star is Nietzsche's symbol for a completed life, and the chaos is the unsettled material a person has to carry in order to produce one.
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Midnight Song