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“They tease me now, reminding me that it was nothing but a dream.
But what difference does it make since the dream revealed the truth to me? Once you've found Truth, you know it's the truth and that there isn't and can't be any other truth, whether you're asleep or awake.”

“what can one expect from man? You can shower upon him all earthly blessings, drown him in happiness so that there'll be nothing to be seen…give him such economic security that he won't have anything to do but sleep, nibble at cakes, and worry about keeping world history flowing and even then, out of sheer spite and in-gratitude, man will play a dirty trick on you”

“It's hard to imagine to what an extent a man's nature can be corrupted.”