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"Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release."
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"Government is build on secrets."
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"When they have something to hide, they put it in the F.O.I. cabinet."
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"Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. The impulse to share anything is a new one, the impulse to hide as natural as breathing."
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"When Rumsfeld gets up on television and says we have definitive intelligence that al Qaeda is working with Iraq, how is an ordinary citizen supposed to react? They won't tell you the evidence, and when anyone asks, they say, 'Well, you know: It's secret.'"
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"In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind."
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"It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine."
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"Information about the activities of one body of Sufis may be harmful to the potential of another."
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"Secrets affect you more than you'd think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone'll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn't it the secret who's actually using you?"
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"While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive."
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"If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?"
Virtue
"The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth."
Power
"Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."
Man
"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?"
Death
"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
Beauty
"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Friendship
"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Fear
"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
Friendship
"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
Direction
"One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises."
Knowledge
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