Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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The egotism of people who are eminent without being in the least distinguished and somehow feeling that's their due - that seems to me to be a peculiarly English phenomenon.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.

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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

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Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

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Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

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There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

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I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

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Everyone has a life purpose, and the key to your life purpose is following your passion, which consumes a lot of time.

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Scientific discovery is a private event, and the delight that accompanies it, or the despair of finding it illusory, does not travel. One scientist may get great satisfaction from another's work and admire it deeply; it may give him great intellectual pleasure; but it gives him no sense of participation in the discovery, it does not carry him away, and his appreciation of it does not depend on his being carried away. If it were otherwise the inspirational origin of scientific discovery would never have been in doubt.

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The egotism of people who are eminent without being in the least distinguished and somehow feeling that's their due - that seems to me to be a peculiarly English phenomenon.

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Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

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