"If you participate in life, you don't see it clearly: you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much. The artist, to my way of thinking, is a monstrosity, something outside nature. All the misfortunes Providence inflicts on him come from his stubborness in denying that maxim."

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"If you participate in life, you don't see it clearly: you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much. The artist, to my way of thinking, is a monstrosity, something outside nature. All the misfortunes Providence inflicts on him come from his stubborness in denying that maxim."

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"There is nothing wrong or right, only our thoughts make it so."

"You may not be rich with money, Socrates was not, your life still has tremendous value."

"You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end."

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"If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand."

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"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

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