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Capital, like capitalism, seems an overrated category.


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Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism.

Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism.



Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist.

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist.



It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.

It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.



The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.

The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.



Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.



A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.

A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.



Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own.

Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own.



People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing.

People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing.



Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution.

Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution.



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America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.





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Say not: I live today, I shall die tomorrow. Divide not reality between life and death. Say: now I live and die.



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I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.



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The stupid thing I incorrectly believed for a long time is that I believed for a long time that some politicians could sometimes tell the truth.



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Darkness comes in waves...tell me, why invite it to stay?



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It is better to rage against the preventable suffering/because it leads to the suggestion of gorgeous alternatives/than to express our sadness.



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Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.



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Do what you fear and your fear will die.



Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far,-but far above the great.

Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far,-but far above the great.



A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.

A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.




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