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“You know what the Chinese think is the saddest feeling in the world? It's for a child to finally grow the desire to take care of his parents, only to realize that they were long gone.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
“I realized that the people are slothful and lax, and that it’s not worth it to sacrifice yourself for them. I had tried to exhort and rouse them to no avail. Do you think the overwhelming majority of people care about the truth? Far from it! They want to be left alone, and they want fairy tales to feed their hungry imaginations. But what about justice? They couldn’t care less, as long as you meet their personal needs. I didn’t want to fool myself anymore.”
― Alamut
― Alamut
“Without the fear of heights, there can be no appreciation for the beauty of high places.”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“In a world of chemically induced sanity, a little lunacy confers immense advantages.”
― Arcadia
― Arcadia
“The intelligent person, viewing the great number of so-called diseases that arise out of this prostration of the functions of life, and realising that they have one and all grown out of the habitual violations of the laws of life, will recognise at once that the first step in the restoration of health needs must be to make amends at once by the unconditional return to the simplicity and perfect obedience to the laws that have been so perseveringly violated.”
― Food Combining Made Easy
― Food Combining Made Easy
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