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every thought is strictly speaking an after-thought.


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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.



When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.



Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.



This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.



The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.



One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.



There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.



Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.



There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.



Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.





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For being crazy Like me is not a decease, because I think this is the onLy way i to Hide my Emotion and to Prove that I'm a Strong Person



A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can. Otherwise, you'd be exploiting religion, and religion is so supreme that it cannot be exploited or taken advantage of.

A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can. Otherwise, you'd be exploiting religion, and religion is so supreme that it cannot be exploited or taken advantage of.



A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and vigorously rejects that which is unsuitable.

A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and vigorously rejects that which is unsuitable.



When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.

When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.



If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculous.

If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculous.



The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.



Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.

Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.



He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington



When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.




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