“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
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“Let everything that's been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. And most important, let them believe in themselves. Let them be helpless like children, because weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win.”
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“Bring me a cup of wine that is dark red and smells of musk.
Don’t bring me that expensive stuff that tastes like money and smells like lust.”
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Don’t bring me that expensive stuff that tastes like money and smells like lust.”
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