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“I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“Anyone who knows me, should learn to know me again;
For I am like the Moon,
you will see me with new face everyday.”
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For I am like the Moon,
you will see me with new face everyday.”
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“For animals, life is all there is; for man, life is a question mark. An irreversible question mark, for man has never found, nor will ever find, any answers. Life not only has no meaning; it can never have one.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“So far as we feel sympathy, we feel we are not accomplices to what caused the suffering. Our sympathy proclaims our innocence as well as our impotence. To that extent, it can be (for all our good intentions) an impertinent- if not inappropriate- response. To set aside the sympathy we extend to others beset by war and murderous politics for a reflection on how our privileges are located on the same map as their suffering, and may- in ways we might prefer not to imagine- be linked to their suffering, as the wealth as some may imply the destitution of others, is a task for which the painful, stirring images supply only an initial spark.”
― Regarding the Pain of Others
― Regarding the Pain of Others
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