Recognised and tested shall each be, to see if he be of my type and lineage:⁠—if he be master of a long will, silent even when he speaketh, and giving in such wise that he taketh in giving:⁠—

—So that he may one day become my companion, a fellow-creator and fellow-enjoyer with Zarathustra:⁠—such a one as writeth my will on my tables, for the fuller perfection of all things.

And for his sake and for those like him, must I perfect myself : therefore do I now avoid my happiness, and present myself to every misfortune⁠—for my final testing and recognition.

And verily, it were time that I went away; and the wanderer’s shadow and the longest tedium and the stillest hour⁠—have all said unto me: “It is the highest time!”