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People of this world, look upon this city and see that you should not and cannot abandon this city and this people. — Ernst Reuter
One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is… — Immanuel Kant
You become so intense that you are not there, because if you are there then the intensity cannot be total; then two are there. If… — Rajneesh
I have been continuously surprised by people who come to me and say they are afraid of love. What is the fear of love? It… — Rajneesh
People have become afraid of love because in love also, death penetrates. If two lovers are sitting side by side in deep love and intimacy,… — Rajneesh
Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information-hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations. — Walter Benjamin
A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and… — Mark Twain
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine… — George Herbert
I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must… — Gregory Rabassa
The head cannot take in more than the seat can endure. — Winston Churchill
Computer system analysis is like child-rearing; you can do grievous damage, but you cannot ensure success. — Tom DeMarco
We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have some sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are,… — James A. Baldwin
Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in… — Mahatma Gandhi
I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are… — Carl Jung
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. — William Hazlitt
There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it… — Samuel Johnson
He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all,… — Thomas a Kempis
Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the bagpipe sings I… — William Shakespeare
The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be destroyed, because its destruction leads to silence, must… — Umberto Eco
We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that… — Eric Hoffer

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