"The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men."

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"The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men."

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William James, American Philosopher

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"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

John F. Kennedy, American President

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human."

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"A man in the house is worth two in the street."

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"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

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"The Christian optimism is based on the fact that we do not fit in to the world."

Faith

"I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."

Psychology

"When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

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"The issue is now quite clear. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side."

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"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."

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"The present condition of fame is merely fashion."

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"The joke is generally in the oddest way the truth and yet not the fact."

Wisdom

"As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly."

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"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all."

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"The things said most confidently by advanced persons to crowded audiences are generally those opposite to the fact, it is actually our truisms that are untrue."

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