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Animal Liberation. Die Befreiung der Tiere by Peter Singer The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse The Magic Book by Noel Daniel Im Grunde gut. Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit by Rutger Bregman Minotaurus by Friedrich Dürrenmatt The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole de Lempicka by Gilles Néret The Idea of Decline in Western History by Arthur Herman Profit Without Apology by Onkar Ghate The Voice of Reason by Ayn Rand
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William Blake
“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
tags: advice-for-daily-living
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography
tags: evil, good, history, invincibility, tyrants, victory
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Ayn Rand
“To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
tags: self-acceptance, self-awareness
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