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“The most brutal avenger on earth is a reality you ignored, however minor.”
“Determinism gives you the freedom to do whatever you like.”
“One mistake cannot justify another.”
“Desire is a great virtue, but expectation is an even greater vice.”
“Philosophers wonder when they do not know, artists when they do.”
“That which does not come by logic, does not leave by logic.”
“Children and journalists need what they don't need actually.”
“A mere love of wisdom is often enough to make oneself wiser.”
“The problem with human race is not that it errs, but that it does so repetitively.”
“What," "how," "when," etc are all questions more or less common to religion and philosophy. But to ask "why" is a transgression in religion, and this inquiry has undoubtedly taken the heaviest tolls on intellect.”
“Truth can be stated simply, but cannot be understood as such.”
“Man is slave of emotions when they arise, and master of them when they don't.”
“Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.”
“Whenever we think, we construct a world that is centred upon the object of our thinking; whenever we act, we reconstruct a world that is centred upon ourselves.”
“Will is intention favored by emotions.”
“Intellect, at its best, can make you agnostic. Being theist or atheist is still a matter of choice.”
“Learn, or you'll be made to learn.”
“Genuine wisdom has two major conditions: you cannot teach it, and you cannot make someone learn it.”
“The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.”