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- Woman is the future of man. That means that the world which was once formed in man's image will now be transformed to the image…
- If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his or her own repertory of…
- Common European thought is the fruit of the immense toil of translators. Without translators, Europe would not exist; translators are more important than members of…
- Children are the future, because mankind is moving more and more towards infancy.
- Her kitsch was the image of home, all peace, quiet, and harmony, and ruled by a loving mother and a wise father. It was an…
- When we ignore the body, we are more easily victimized by it.
- Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.
- Those who consider the Devil to be a partisan of Evil and angels to be warriors for Good accept the demagogy of the angels. Things…
- From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal?Â…Betrayal means breaking ranks…
- Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his…
- There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to…
- The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of…
- ...people don't respect the morning. An alarm clock violently wakes them up, shatters their sleep like the blow of an ax, and they immediately surrender…
- Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.
- She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman.
- She knew, of course that she was being supremely unfair, that Franz was the best man she ever had- he was intelligent, he understood her…
- A great deal has been said about love at first sight; I am perfectly aware of love's retrospective tendency to make a legend of itself,…
- While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about writing it together…
- Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more…
- The more vast the amount of time we've left behind us, the more irresistible is the voice calling us to return to it.
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams