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‘If we allow that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life [i.e. as a spontaneous activity involving consciousness of free will] is destroyed.’
“Each man has his day, and the time of life
is brief for all, and never comes again.
But to lengthen out one's fame with action,
that's the work of courage.”
― The Aenid of Virgil
is brief for all, and never comes again.
But to lengthen out one's fame with action,
that's the work of courage.”
― The Aenid of Virgil
“The important thing is what he talks about, not whether he agrees with it or not.”
― Symbols of Transformation
― Symbols of Transformation
“The gods are mighty and they bear their diversity, because like the stars the stand in solitude and are separated by vast distances one from the other.
Humans are weak and cannot bear their own diversity, because they live close to each other and are desirous of company, so that they cannot bear their own distinct separateness.”
― Septem Sermones ad Mortuos
Humans are weak and cannot bear their own diversity, because they live close to each other and are desirous of company, so that they cannot bear their own distinct separateness.”
― Septem Sermones ad Mortuos
“There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.”
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“An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead.”
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