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    Satchidananda
    “Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3)”
    ― Sri S. Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “There are no facts, only interpretations.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Man is the cruelest animal.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: animals, cruelty, evil, man
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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
    ― Soren Kierkegaard
    tags: life, reality
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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”
    ― Søren Kierkegaard
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    Jean-Paul Sartre
    “Hell is—other people!”
    ― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit
    tags: garcin, hell, people
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    Peter Singer
    “All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.”
    ― Peter Singer
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    Peter Singer
    “What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did.”
    ― Peter Singer
    tags: ethics, history, philosophy
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    Alan W. Watts
    “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
    ― Alan Watts
    tags: process, time
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    Alan W. Watts
    “Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
    ― Alan Watts
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    Nikolai Berdyaev
    “Bread for me is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.”
    ― Nicholas Berdyaev
    tags: principles
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    Nikolai Berdyaev
    “Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history.”
    ― Nikolai Berdyaev
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    Emil M. Cioran
    “Only those moments count, when the desire to remain by yourself is so powerful that you'd prefer to blow your brains out than exchange a word with someone.”
    ― Émile Michel Cioran, The New Gods
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    Emil M. Cioran
    “The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live --moreover, the only one.”
    ― E. M. Cioran
    tags: death, existence, life, reason, thinking
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    Leszek Kołakowski
    “A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading.”
    ― Leszek Kolakowski, Metaphysical Horror
    tags: charlatan, doubt, irony, modernity, philosophy, self-criticism
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    Heraclitus
    “Nothing endures but change.”
    ― Heraclitus
    tags: change, impermanence, mujō, time, 無常
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    Heraclitus
    “Silence, healing.”
    ― Heraclitus
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    Heraclitus
    “The sun is new each day.”
    ― Heraclitus
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    Heraclitus
    “All are one”
    ― Heraclitus
    tags: philosophy
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    Heraclitus
    “The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.”
    ― Heraclitus
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    Heraclitus
    “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -”
    ― Heraclitus
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    Heraclitus
    “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
    ― Heraclitus
    tags: eternity, impermanence, journey, life, mujo
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    Baruch Spinoza
    “Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand.”
    ― Baruch Spinoza
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    Mircea Eliade
    “As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth.”
    ― Mircea Eliade
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    Satchidananda
    “At various points in our lives, or on a quest, and for reasons that often remain obscure, we are driven to make decisions which prove with hindsight to be loaded with meaning. (225)”
    ― Sri S. Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali
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    Deepak Chopra
    “Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.”
    ― Deepak Chopra
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    Gary L. Francione
    “We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.”
    ― Gary L. Francione
    tags: abolition, abolitionist, ahimsa, animals, education, exploitation, francione, inspirational-quotes, justice, life, nonviolence, nonviolence-jainism, peace-making, peace-movement, peace-on-earth, rights, sentience, slavery, veganism, wisdom
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    Gary L. Francione
    “In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first”
    ― Gary L. Francione
    tags: animal-rights, education, learn, reality, teach, teacher, vegan
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  • #30
    Deepak Chopra
    “Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.”
    ― Deepak Chopra
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