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I found this book to be, erm, not so great. But my German sucks and this is written by a Nobel Literature prize winner, so what do I know.
Still I think I have to share my experience in reading it.
I got this book in 2012 I think and around that time ...more "
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.”
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“Always be suspicious or "of course": "of course" is not a reason.”
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“The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. It is unafraid of what other people think...It does not adapt either its pace or its objectives to the pace and objectives of its neighbors. It thinks its own thoughts, it reads its own books. It develops its own hobbies, and it is governed by its own conscience. The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases, but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone.”
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