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Meditations
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remember withal that no man properly can be said to live more than that which is now present, which is but a moment of time.
“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
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“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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