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One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. ”
It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life. ”
Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself. ”
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone. ”
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms. ”
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. ”
There is little more powerful than when truth joins action. ”
Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy. ”
In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it! ”
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy. ”