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#1

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

tags: philosophy, wayfinding

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#2

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
― Confucius

tags: complexity, philosophy, simplicity

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“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
― Albert Camus

tags: intellectuals, intelligence, philosophy, scholars

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#4

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy

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#5

“The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.”
― Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

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#6

“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
― George Orwell, All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays

tags: goodness, human-nature, humour, philosophy

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#7

“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
― Vladimir Lenin

tags: communism, democracy, freedom, history, hope, individualism, philosophy, politics, revolution, socialism

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#8

“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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#9

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.”
― Aristotle

tags: ethics, philosphy, self-discovery

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#10

“The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.”
― Edith Södergran

tags: creativity, inspiration, philosophy, vitality

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#11

“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
― Isaac Newton

tags: nature, philosophy, simplicity, wisdom

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#12

“Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

tags: insanity, madness, nationalism, philosophy

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#13

“If you have reasons to love someone, you don’t love them.”
― Slavoj Žižek

tags: love, philosophy

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#14

“I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen”
― Rene Descartes, The Principles Of Philosophy

tags: philosophy

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#15

“If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

tags: philosophy

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#16

“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”
― René Descartes

tags: philosophy, self-determination, self-discipline

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#17

“Philosophy is common sense with big words.”
― James Madison

tags: philosophy

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#18

“Philosophy can make people sick.”
― Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

tags: philosophy

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#19

“If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.”
― Gilles Deleuze

tags: dream, fucked-up, funny, humor, other, philosophy, relationships

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#20

“You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.”
― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

tags: inspirational, mythology, philosophy, spirituality

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#21

“The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.”
― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

tags: enemies, life, philosophy

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#22

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: philosophy, taoism

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#23

“We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

tags: philosophy

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#24

“Few things are more deceptive than memories.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: memory, philosophy, truth

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#25

“We are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later.”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen

tags: philosophy

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#26

“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. ”
― William Butler Yeats

tags: philosophy

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#27

“It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.”
― Thomas Sowell

tags: philosophy, politics

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#28

“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
― Dale Carnegie

tags: philosophy, self-improvement, wisdom

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#29

“you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry”
― Dale Carnegie

tags: philosophy, self-improvement, wisdom

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#30

“Before you hate something you should try to understand it.”
― Martha Grimes, Dakota

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