A self-imposed double obligation was formed, firstly to use my skills for the betterment of other people, and secondly to justify the existence of my mother. I was beginning to put shape on my future.
“Some of the greatest achievements of modern philosophy result from the attempt to reconcile the belief in human freedom with the eternal laws of God’s nature, and among these achievements Spinoza’s is not only the most imaginative and profound, but perhaps the only one that is truly plausible.”
― Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction
― Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction
“love is as strong as death.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“Joy is a man's passage from a lesser to a greater perfection.”
― Ethics
― Ethics
“Ik wist niets te zeggen, de zinnen stapelden zich op achter mijn tanden en ik kraamde alleen maar onzin uit. Of ik zweeg, zweeg in alle talen en luisterde of ik in de stilte aan haar kant geluiden of stemmen op de achtergrond kon opvangen die konden verklaren waarom ze ineens zo kort aangebonden was.”
― Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven
― Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven
“A world is supported by four things... the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing...without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.”
― Dune
― Dune
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