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The Boy Scout Handbook

by Boy Scouts of America

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The Denial of Death

by Ernest Becker

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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

by Max Solomon Bennett

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Pınar’s Quotes

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: love, madness

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“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha

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“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: art, chaos

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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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