One line “It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.” —Zarathustra.

One line

“It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.” —Zarathustra.

When I read this in 2019, I wrote a note at the top of the page that I stand by to this day: “So here for the philosophy of sleep.” 

At the end of the speech, he adds, “Blessed are the sleepy ones.” That’s good news. I have always been so sleepy, and I just keep getting sleepier.