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Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness, they cannot work and their civilization collapses
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Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness, they cannot work and their civilization collapses
There is only one true wealth in all the universe–living time.
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There is only one true wealth in all the universe–living time.
. You make a law for every movement.
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. You make a law for every movement.
There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.
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There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.
No matter how much we ask after the truth, self awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.
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No matter how much we ask after the truth, self awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.
Madness in method, that's genius.
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Madness in method, that's genius.
Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it's all the same.
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There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it's all the same.
A single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us “The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.
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A single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us “The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.
There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace— those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures.
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There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace— those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures.
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