

“The guardians of the just state should be the most underprivileged of all its citizens. It is an essential feature of the just state that the wealthy be kept away from political power and that the politically powerful be kept away from wealth.”
― Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
― Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
“Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your stay in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it! Work for God in proportion to your need for him, and work for the Fire in proportion to your ability to endure it.”
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“Încotro merg eu, astfel, om îmbătrânind prea repede, hoit pentru unii, geniu pentru alţii? Nu merg nicăieri altundeva decât către neant, ca toată lumea. Dar mai merg totodată, prin viaţa imediat trăită şi prin actualitatea mea sângerândă, înspre un soi de conştiinţă superioară a ceea ce sunt înainte de a nu mai fi.”
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“Only when the mind sees for itself, can it uproot and
relinquish attachment.”
― A Tree in a Forest. A Collection of Ajahn Chah's Similes
relinquish attachment.”
― A Tree in a Forest. A Collection of Ajahn Chah's Similes
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