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“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
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