“Ambition offends eternal truth by subordinating truth to itself.”
― THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE, Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods - Sertillanges
― THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE, Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods - Sertillanges
“The only evidence to the contrary was the mute protest in your own bones, the instinctive feeling that the conditions you lived in were intolerable and that at some other time they must have been different.”
― 1984
― 1984
“I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. ”
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“The weariness of the cell is the vigour of the organism.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
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