“WE MUST, all of us, be prepared for the most terrible. Is not death, in the midst of humiliation, a way to give oneself even more?
Sacrifice admits of neither calculation nor reserve. If I had lied like the rest where would I have landed?
Yet, I believe even so, more than ever, only the idealists can change the world.
The soul that remains is the soul.”
―
Sacrifice admits of neither calculation nor reserve. If I had lied like the rest where would I have landed?
Yet, I believe even so, more than ever, only the idealists can change the world.
The soul that remains is the soul.”
―
“Or should one recognize that one becomes a foreigner in another country because one is already a foreigner from within?”
― Strangers to Ourselves
― Strangers to Ourselves
“Their incredible determination creates the need for nonlinear thinking, combined with boundless energy. Champions also earn money in nonlinear ways. While the masses essentially trade their time for money, the great ones realize this is probably the worst way to acquire wealth. Using”
― 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class
― 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class
“To know what questions may reasonably be asked is already a great and necessary proof of sagacity and insight. For if a question is absurd in itself and calls for unnecessary answers, it not only brings disgrace to the person raising it, but may prompt an incautious listener to give absurd answers, thus presenting, as the ancients said, the laughable spectacle of one person milking a he-goat, and another holding the sieve underneath.”
― Critique of Pure Reason
― Critique of Pure Reason
“So called “historians” whose research amasses detailed facts have their proper place in serving the genuine historian who is a masterful artist capable of crafting such a narrative of the past with a view to inspiring vigorous action in the present, action that is above all directed towards a certain vision of the future.”
― Prometheus and Atlas
― Prometheus and Atlas
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