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“The specific mode of existence of man implies the need of his learning what happens, and above all what can happen, in the world around him and his own interior world. That it is a matter of the structure of the human condition is shown, outer alia, by the existential necessity of listening to stories and fairy tales, even in the most tragic of circumstances.”
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“The life of an individual is a constant struggle, and not merely a metaphorical one against want or boredom, but also an actual struggle against other people. He discovers adversaries everywhere, lives in continual conflict and dies with sword in hand.”
― On the Suffering of the World
― On the Suffering of the World
“One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth.”
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“The trouble with the scientific approach, thought the Brigadier, was that it left you at the mercy of your scientists.”
― Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion
― Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion
“I have been studying for forty years, which is to say forty wasted years; I teach others yet am ignorant of everything; this state of affairs fills my soul with so much humiliation and disgust that my life is intolerable. I was born in Time, I live in Time, and do not know what Time is. I find myself at a point between two eternities, as our wise men say, yet I have no conception of eternity. I am composed of matter, I think, but have never been able to discover what produces thought. I do not know whether or not I think with my head the same way that I hold things with my hands. Not only is the origin of my thought unknown to me, but the origin of my movements is equally hidden: I do not know why I exist. Yet every day people ask me questions on all these issues. I must give answers, yet have nothing worth saying, so I talk a great deal, and am confused and ashamed of myself afterwards for having spoken.”
― Micromégas and Other Short Fictions
― Micromégas and Other Short Fictions
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