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"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."
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"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
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"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."
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"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."
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"Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found."
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"Even if things were the same, people's perception of them might have been very different back then. The darkness of night was probably deeper then, so the moon must have been that much bigger and brighter."
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"A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value."
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"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."
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"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."
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"By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime."
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"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."
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"One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights."
Rights


"Nothing is less instructive than a machine."
Technology


"We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise."
Paradise


"Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge."
Knowledge


"An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God."
Faith


"The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at."
Society


"A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams."
Dream


"A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves."
Act


"The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell."
Intelligence


"Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life."
Imagination
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