Zarathustra

Thus spake the devil unto me, once on a time: “Ever God hath his hell: it is his love for man.”

And lately did I hear him say these words: “God is dead: of his pity for man hath God died.”—Zarathustra, II., "The Pitiful."

from Thus Spoke Zarathustra

The Mountain - PJ Harvey

Faust

I HAVE, alas! Philosophy,
Medicine, Jurisprudence too,
And to my cost Theology,
With ardent labour, studied through.
And here I stand, with all my lore,
Poor fool, no wiser than before.

Faust Part I

The Pareto curve of freedom post over at Shtetl-Optimized (which I recommend as well).

The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection. Wow! Heh.