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... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along.


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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.



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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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When there is no one to teach you life will show you. All you have to do is pay attention.People unfortunately rarely take the time to sit back and evaluate. Their too busy being busy.



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Don't allow anyone to become the master of your own beliefs and thoughts. No one owns the right to dictate the direction your life.



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Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.



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I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.



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Do blood clots get stuck in your teeth? What if someone's anemic; are you hungry again an hour later? Has anyone ever bitten you? If you run out of blood, do you shrivel up like a really old orange?



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We're antithetical. You use your mind one way; I use mine another. I recognize what you're doing, but I can't imagine it.



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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.



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When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.




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