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Quotes by Philosopher
"That was unthinkable, he said; all men believe in God, even those who reject Him. Of this he was absolutely sure; if ever he came to doubt it, his life would lose all meaning."
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"If a nation wants to be deceived, let it be deceived! Through this way, they will learn the truth after many deceptions and pains! Truth and time are the greatest teachers, they are the greatest instructors!"
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"To free a man from error is not to deprive him of anything but to give him something: for the knowledge that a thing is false is a piece of truth. No error is harmless: sooner or later it will bring misfortune to him who harbours it. Therefore deceive no one, but rather confess ignorance of what you do not know, and leave each man to devise his own articles of faith for himself."
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"Plucking a flower and giving it to someone is not an act of kindness, it is a behaviour of killing a defenceless fragile beauty for the sake of our own interest!"
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"Solitude is not a port to drop anchor, but only a port to rest for a while!"
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"Even if love were considered a mental illness, that would not prevent it from being a pleasant one."
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"Spirit? Who is that fellow? And where do you know him from? Is he perhaps not merely an arbitrary and convenient hypostasis that you have not even defined, let alone deduced or proved? Do you think you have an audience of old women in front of you?"
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"Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track."
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"I opened my louvres and looked at Comfort, walking in the heavy rain, crying bitterly. I heard mom saying, Anywhere you want to go, you can, but don't come back again to this house. Comfort was beautiful, but her stealing attributes brought reproach on her and painted her beauty with dark impressions. I looked at her, walking barefooted on the muddy ground congested with rain water."
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"Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep."
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"When you commit a crime to upgrade yourself, your sin becomes a blessing, but your blessing kills you before your time."
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"Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy."
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"Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!"
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"To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience ultimately one must have one's experiences in common."
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"The relatives of a suicide always take it in bad part that he did not remain alive out of consideration for the family dignity."
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"Inexperienced in the course of world affairs and incapable of being prepared for all the chances that happen in it, I ask myself only 'Can you also will that your maxim should become a universal law?' Where you cannot it is to be rejected..."
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"Having a relationship with people of questionable character is like playing with a razor blade on your skin, and pretending to observe that it is harmful to your body."
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"If your heart has been broken nine times, muster the courage to love again for the tenth."
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"Don't let anybody to ruin your inner joy or to interfere in your marvellous rhythm!"
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"Step up your game and success will step up to you."
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"Love is your religion, the whole world is your temple."
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"Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice, however widely circulated."
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"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
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"A smile is the most beautiful thing you can wear."
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"Education will teach you ephemeral things. God will teach you wonders."
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"The shepherd's fortune is in his sheep."
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"Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible."
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"Be who your enemies dread you'll become."
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"When it comes to sex: some men treat women as objects, some women treat objects as men."
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"Some men are so indoctrinated that they sincerely believe that other than cooking and cleaning the only thing that a woman can do better than them is being a woman."
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"Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness."
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"A bird that does not break out of its shell will die in its egg."
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"The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging."
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"To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away."
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"If you are a musician, sing to one as if you were singing to a million. If you are a dancer, dance to one as if you were dancing to a million. If you are a performer, perform to one as if you were performing to a million."
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"Art as the single superior counter-force against all will to negation of life, art as the anti-Christian, anti-Buddhist, anti-Nihilist par excellence."
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"The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure."
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"The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind."
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"If you hide honey in the dark, bees will still find it."
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"Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service."
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"Freedom is not given to you by anyone; you have to cultivate it yourself."
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"Finally, let them recognise that there are two kinds of people one can call reasonable; those who serve God with all their heart because they know Him, and those who seek Him with all their heart because they do not know Him."
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"In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist."
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"There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference."
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"Don't perceive the facts as a false criticism or else you lose badly! Because facts are facts and they need to be respected and be taken into consideration promptly!"
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"Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired."
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"But it is not only the difficulty and labor which men take in finding out of truth, nor again that when it is found it imposeth upon men's thoughts, that doth bring lies in favor; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself."
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"Beautiful gifts sometimes come adorned in ugly wrapping."
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"When you achieve excellence, expect some to oppose you. When you achieve brilliance, expect several to resent you. When you achieve greatness, expect many to envy you. When you achieve transcendence, expect plenty to hate you."
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