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The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

by Gurcharan Das

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The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir

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“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

tags: feminism, philosophy

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“Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.”
― Jean Paul Sartre

tags: freedom

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“When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Le diable et le bon dieu

tags: class-struggle, war

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“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

tags: freedom, life, personal-responsibility

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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

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