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One Quotes by Jostein Gaarder
- If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a master of concealment. And the…
- I believe there is something of the divine mystery in everything that exists. We can see it sparkle in a sunflower or a poppy. We…
- If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he…
- A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these…
- Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a…
- I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as…
- But all fairytales have rules, and perhaps it’s their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from the other. These rules never need to be understood.…
- There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was…
- There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any…
- Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is…
- Life is short for those who are truly able to understand that one day the entire world will come to a complete end. Not everyone…
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Trust is the one most important base on which the beautiful building of strong friendship can be built. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt