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Quotes by Philosopher
"This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on."
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"Satan will not ask you to carry a chair and sit with him, instead he will snatch the chair from your hands and dismantle your body with it."
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"The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics."
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"Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters."
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"The human population would probably be way less than a thousand, if ejaculation were not usually accompanied by an orgasm."
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"Concentrate on the road ahead, not on the road behind!"
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"Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil."
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"The mind is the ultimate hallway to the world, the soul is the ultimate stairway to the universe."
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"Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants."
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"Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment."
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"The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."
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"Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge."
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"For the Absolute, as we now know, all life is individual, but is individual as expressing a meaning."
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"Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols."
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"A large vessel will never fill up no matter how small the leak is."
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"Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world."
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"Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link."
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"In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman."
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"My dear,In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.I realized, through it all, that. In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger " something better, pushing right back.Truly yours, Albert CamusI like this because only one part is usually quoted but the full quote has such symmetry."
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"Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."
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"Meditation is an adventure, the greatest adventure the human mind can undertake."
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"The mind is always afraid; the heart is always fearless."
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"Feeding a lion will not prevent it from feeding on you."
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"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept."
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"There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle."
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"What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe. It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter."
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"While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it."
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"Your inner light is your brightest light."
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"Leaving the world behind is the best experience most feeble minds fear to try."
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"To those who do not love God, all things must work together immediately for pain and torment, until, by means of the tribulation, they are led to salvation at last."
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"People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media."
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"Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists."
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"So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm."
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"If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument."
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"A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world."
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"Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish do not desire it."
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"Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before making it public. There is always an angle from which an absolute truth may appear askew just as there is always a personal emotion, or a personal agenda, which alienates the ultimate good of mankind."
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"Don't expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands."
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