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- As long as our souls remain strong, that is all that matters; as long as they don't decline. Because with the fall of certain souls…
- No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death does not exist.'
- The dual substance of Christ- the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God... has always been a deep inscrutable mystery to me.…
- This book was not written because I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show him that he…
- Everything in the world has a hidden meaning. . . . Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics. When you see them you do…
- All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technical progress cannot have any regenerating significance, so long as our inner life remains as it…
- I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.
- Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand.
- I've stopped thinking all the time of what happened yesterday. And stopped asking what's going to happen tomorrow. What's happening today, this minute, is what…
- What first truly stirred my soul was not fear or pain, nor was it pleasure or games; it was the yearning for freedom. I had…
- The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
- My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.
- When shall I at last retire into solitude alone, without companions, without joy and without sorrow, with only the sacred certainty that all is a…
- All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel-to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the…
- Once more there sounded within me the terrible warning that there is only one life for all men, that there is only one life for…
- God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
- When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call…
- Truly, everything in this world depended on time. Time ripened all. If you had time, you succeeded in working the human mud internally and turning…
- Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
- My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit…
- When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. 'What vanity,' they screamed,…
- Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit.
- If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will…
- All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you…
- The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but his descendant.
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle