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The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul...


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The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.



It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.



You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.



Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.



Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.



The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.



To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.



That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life

That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life



Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.



If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.

If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.





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Luck is blind, they say. It can’t see where it’s going and keeps running into people…and the people it knocks into we call lucky! Well, to hell with luck if it's like that, I say!

Luck is blind, they say. It can’t see where it’s going and keeps running into people…and the people it knocks into we call lucky! Well, to hell with luck if it's like that, I say!



A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.



Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.



We are the new "barbarians", forged in iron hardness in the fires of their hate and persecution. All over the world, we wait to pounce.

We are the new "barbarians", forged in iron hardness in the fires of their hate and persecution. All over the world, we wait to pounce.



A disease of the mind, [whose] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way acquire virtue, by the process of being shown things.

A disease of the mind, [whose] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way acquire virtue, by the process of being shown things.



So that's the ghost you been running from.

So that's the ghost you been running from.



My strength is breaking people down. I may not outrun or outsize you, but I will make you miss.

My strength is breaking people down. I may not outrun or outsize you, but I will make you miss.



To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.



O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?

O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?




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