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Quotes by Philosopher
"Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning."
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"Liberty is like rich food and strong wine: the strong natures accustomed to them thrive and grow even stronger on them; but they deplete, inebriate and destroy the weak."
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"Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing."
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"When you swim, be a part of the sea; when you walk, be a part of the road! Integrate with the universe! See it not as a distinct entity, but as your own continuation, as your own self!"
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"Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least one being whose existence comes before its essence, a being which exists before it can be defined by any conception of it. That being is man...."
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"Dante, I think, committed a crude blunder when, with a terror-inspiring ingenuity, he placed above the gateway of his hell the inscription, 'I too was created by eternal love'--at any rate, there would be more justification for placing above the gateway to the Christian Paradise...the inscription 'I too was created by eternal hate'..."
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"How do we listen to his voice? With the ear of our heart. With love. Love has ears, as love has eyes. Just be there, and love him, and let him love you.' (35). Easier said than done. 'What will happen then? What will we hear? Let God take care of that. Seek only him, do not use him as a means to seek any other end. He is not your Santa, he is your Savior. I cannot tell you what he will give you, except for one thing: he will give you himself. He will give you more of himself the more you want him, that is, the more you love him. He wants to pour infinite riches into your soul; prayer is a way of opening up your soul so more of God can enter."
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"Is it possible to write a poem or are these words just screams of outlaws exiled to the desert?"
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"Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated."
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"Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies."
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"These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact."
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"Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter."
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"Seeing everything that goes on in your daily life, your daily activities - when you pick up a pen, when you talk, when you go out for a drive or when you are walking alone in the woods - can you with one breath, with one look, know yourself very simply as you are? When you know yourself as you are, then you understand the whole structure of man's endeavour, his deceptions, his hypocrisies, his search. To do this you must be tremendously honest with yourself throughout your being."
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"I am strangely tired, not from having talked so much but at the mere thought of what I still have to say."
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"Two people can form a community by excluding a third."
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"A step towards love is a leap towards the divine."
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"All I need is a sheet of paperand something to write with, and thenI can turn the world upside down."
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"The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete."
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"Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift."
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"You are not walking slow enough, when taking a walk, if you do not come across as bored or depressed (to the average sane person)."
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"It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit."
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"Don't grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead."
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"The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way."
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"He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk."
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"In an age of hope men looked up at the night sky and saw 'the heavens.' In an age of hopelessness they call it simply 'space."
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"His religion at best is an anxious wish - like that of Rebelais a great Perhaps."
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"A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man."
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"I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets."
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"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience."
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"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"
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"Prayer is essentially the practice of the presence of God, and that is the road to Heaven. There is no alternative. God is the only game in town. All other roads are dead ends. Since we must give our all to the one true God, we must not give any part to idols, to the many false gods that now bite away at our lives."
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"There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm."
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"Is my victory real, does the winner adorned with a laurel wreath ask this question? Do I deserve victory or did I steal it from someone who is more worthy of victory?"
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"If the people never fear death,what is the purpose of threatening to kill them?If the people ever fear death,and I were to capture and kill those who are devious,who would dare to be so?If the people must be ever fearful of death,then there will always be an executioner.Now,To kill in place of the executionerIs likeHewing wood in place of the master carpenter;Few indeed will escape cutting their own hands!"
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"A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn."
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"Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason."
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"Heroic ambition seemed to have been the cause of much of the world's pain then - quite like it is now. No villain ever saw himself a villain: he only saw himself a hero, and this goes just as no hero ever saw himself a hero: he simply did what he had to do. No true hero initially sets out with intentions of being deemed a hero."
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"It is odd that we have so little relationship with nature, with the insects and the leaping frog and the owl that hoots among the hills calling for its mate. We never seem to have a feeling for all living things on the earth."
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"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
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"New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture."
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"Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices."
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"Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body."
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"Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real."
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