"Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes……" — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
"Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as sharp as a razor, senses more powerful than gods, hearing that can catch the music and the lamentations of life, your knowledge of humanity will never be total."
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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28 Quotes by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge.
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An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds.…
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It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.
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Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities.
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Every good teaching may still end up producing evil bandits who have no principles whatsoever, an outcome even more likely…
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Humankind is able to create new conditions, a new reality. We are not fated to swim forever among the realities…
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I did not succeed in everything I did. And even where it did seem I was succeeding it was not…
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Aku bangga menjadi seorang liberal, Tuan, liberal konsekwen. Memang orang lain menamainya liberal keterlaluan. Bukan hanya tidak suka ditindas, tidak…
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Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.
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I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned.
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Every book that is banned is a badge of honor.
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I don't follow any kind of 'isms.' If there is one, it will be Pram-ism.
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