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Quotes by Philosopher
"He was like an autumn without leaves, he was unreal!"
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"There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from."
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"The accusation of metaphysics has become in philosophy something like the accusation of being a security risk in the public service. I do not for my part know what is meant by the word 'metaphysics'. The only definition I have found that fits all cases is: 'a philosophical opinion not held by the present author'."
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"Technology presumes there's just one right way to do things and there never is. And when you presume there's just one right way to do things, of course the instructions begin and end exclusively with the rotisserie. But if you have to choose among an infinite number of ways to put it together then the relation of the machine to you, and the relation of the machine and you to the rest of the world, has to be considered, because the selection from many choices, the art of the work is just as dependent upon your own mind and spirit as it is upon the material of the machine. That's why you need the peace of mind."
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"Hypocrisy has its place in the ages of strong belief: in which even when one is compelled to exhibit a different belief one does not abandon the belief on already has."
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"Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?"
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"As time moves on the line will blur. It will no longer seem to be the simplicity of good versus evil, but good versus fools who think they are good."
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"The game itself is bigger than the winning."
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"Whenever you act according to your own light, there is immense fulfillment."
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"There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules."
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"Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back."
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"Our poor world aspires simply to point out where Christians have gone wrong, and that is pretty much where it goes wrong. It is as though many of us, when of the world, are actually all the more judgmental: for we are stuck on a bad Christian while the Christian is pinned to a good Christ."
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"If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out."
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"We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery."
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"The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men."
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"To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable, to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength."
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"Do something very praiseworthy in your youth or in your middle age so that you can spend all your time talking about it in your old age!"
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"Based on the law of probability Everything is possible because The sheer existence of possibility Confirms the existence Of impossibility."
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"For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration."
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"If birth is a manifestation of life, death is another."
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"A step lower and strangeness creeps in: perceiving that the world is "dense", sensing to what a degree a stone is foreign and irreducible to us, with what intensity nature or a landscape can negate us. At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman, and these hills, the softness of the sky, the outline of these trees at this very minute lose the illusory meaning with which we had clothed them, henceforth more remote than a lost paradise. The primitive hostility of the world rises up to face us across millenia."
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"The highest form of intelligence is wisdom, the highest form of wisdom is love."
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"Good friends will allow you to be as innocent and free as a child when in private, and as wise and mature as an adult when in public."
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"Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love."
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"Their doubt is your fuel for dreams. You just have to drive."
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"Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place."
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"We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead."
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"As an artist, a man has no home in Europe save in Paris."
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"Women are heavyweight boxers; only, they punch with words, not fists."
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"With faith, you may get stuck in a very big lie and may lose the truth forever; but with doubt, you can always reach the truth!"
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"After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books."
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"Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail."
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"Tarrou had "lost the match," as he put it. But what had he, Rieux, won? No more than the experience of having known plague and remembering it, of having known friendship and remembering it, of knowing affection and being destined one day to remember it. So all a man could win in the conflict between plague and life was knowledge and memories. But Tarrou, perhaps, would have called that winning the match."
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"For fanaticism is the only form of willpower that even the weak and insecure can be brought to attain."
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"The most beautiful rainbow is the one inside your soul."
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"On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes."
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"If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness."
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"Store up knowledge. Then question your own knowledge in order to expand your mind, both to build and to create more space. Then store up more knowledge. And so on. That is wisdom."
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"Far help seldom solves near troubles."
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"If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it."
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"Diamonds are formed in pressure, that is why God allows you to go through difficult times."
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"The most valuable things in your life are always the things that money cannot buy."
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"As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion."
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"Those who envy you inadvertently admit to being inferior to you."
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"A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf."
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"Who can live without eating? A farmer is a great hero because he fights for our existence! If anyone deserves a medal of existence in a country, that person should be a farmer!"
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"You will always remain lonely till the day you meet a person who can understand your mind deeply!"
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"Look at every creature from the window of compassion with the eyes of love!"
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"Don't aim to break the glass ceiling, aim to shatter it."
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