“What else but a profound feeling of being excluded can enable a person better to see the absurdity of the world and his own existence, or, to put it more soberly, the absurd dimensions of the world and his own existence?”
― Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala
― Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala
“The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance.”
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“The fear of freedom is the fear of assuming responsibility.”
― The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
― The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
“يحصل المرء على أول انطباع عن حاكم وعقله حين يري الرجال الذين حوله.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“الحرية الروحية، و هي التي لا يمكن سلبها من الإنسان، و هي التي تجعل الحياة ذات معنى و ذات هدف”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
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