“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”
― The Bhagavad Gita
― The Bhagavad Gita
“Obwohl uns die Physikalität des Todes zerstört, rettet uns die Idee des Todes.”
― In die Sonne schauen. Wie man die Angst vor dem Tod überwindet
― In die Sonne schauen. Wie man die Angst vor dem Tod überwindet
“If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
“Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of being allowed to imprint its doctrines on the mind at a tender age of childhood, whereby they become almost innate ideas.”
― The Schopenhauer Cure
― The Schopenhauer Cure
“You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling ignorance is the only solution. That is why I teach.”
― The Spinoza Problem
― The Spinoza Problem
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