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"Why shouldn't we throw statues of colonisers and slave traders into the rivers? Especially if those statues are inexplicably in the countries where they enslaved, murdered and burned the locals?" — Jul 18, 2026 07:53AM
"Why shouldn't we throw statues of colonisers and slave traders into the rivers? Especially if those statues are inexplicably in the countries where they enslaved, murdered and burned the locals?" — Jul 18, 2026 07:53AM
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"'At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, nor how many bows and prostrations I made. Instead I shall be asked, Did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the prisoners. That is all I shall be asked...'" — Jul 14, 2026 12:23PM
"'At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, nor how many bows and prostrations I made. Instead I shall be asked, Did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the prisoners. That is all I shall be asked...'" — Jul 14, 2026 12:23PM
“Whatever is at the center of your life is your god”
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“The knowledge of what is mine and what is not mine, what I can and cannot do. I must die. But must I die bawling? I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?”
― Discourses and Selected Writings
― Discourses and Selected Writings
“Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas!”
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“It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.”
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“Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.”
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