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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
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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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“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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