DevilinTheFlesh
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“where is the rich society that says: ‘Halt! We have enough’?”
― Small Is Beautiful: The classic call for human-scale economics which is now more relevant than ever
― Small Is Beautiful: The classic call for human-scale economics which is now more relevant than ever
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Le courage, c'est de dominer ses propres fautes, d'en souffrir, mais de n'en pas être accablé et de continuer son chemin. Le courage, c'est d'aimer la vie et de regarder la mort d'un regard tranquille ; c'est d'aller à l'idéal et de comprendre le réel ; c'est d'agir et de se donner aux grandes causes sans savoir quelle récompense réserve à notre effort l'univers profond, ni s'il lui réserve une récompense. Le courage, c'est de chercher la vérité et de la dire ; c'est de ne pas subir la loi du mensonge triomphant qui passe, et de ne pas faire écho, de notre âme, de notre bouche et de nos mains aux applaudissements imbéciles et aux huées fanatiques.”
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