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Quotes by Philosopher
"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
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"Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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"Poetry therefore we will call Musical Thought."
64
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
64
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."
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"National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right."
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"The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime."
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"Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride and before whom we humble ourselves without despair."
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"How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?"
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"It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men."
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"Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions."
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"Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing."
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"The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self."
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"An honourable man is fair even to his enemies, a dishonourable man is unfair even to his friends!"
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"The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament."
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"Love gives with its eyes closed, hate destroys with its eyes open."
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"Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from."
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"As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all."
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"Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed."
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"All rising to great places is by a winding stair."
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"Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour."
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"I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both."
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"What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward."
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"Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good."
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"You will find peace not by rearranging the external world but by accepting yourself."
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"If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices."
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"The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being."
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"The pure natural scientist is liable to forget that minds exist, and that if it were not for them he could neither know nor act on physical objects."
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"Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are."
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"He who allows oppression shares the crime."
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"I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing."
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"Much learning does not teach understanding."
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"Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece."
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"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company."
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"We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers."
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"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."
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"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness."
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"By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man."
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"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."
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"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me."
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"Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies."
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"Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system."
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