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His mind is so open - so open that ideas simply pass through it.
Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Never have I enjoyed youth so thoroughly as I have in my old age
Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.
The true Christian is in all countries a pilgrim and a stranger.
Unmitigated seriousness is always out of place in human affairs.
Things never pass where you think, nor along the paths you think
To speak of the impotence of power is no longer a witty paradox.
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.
Cut the pie any way you like, "meanings" just ain't in the head!
We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.
The medical establishment has become the major threat to health.
The only really interesting questions are the unanswerable ones.
Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.
It is the man that makes the motive, and not the motive the man.
It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.
No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.
The universe remains dark. We are animals struck by catastrophe.
Ah! Do not judge the gods, young man, they have painful secrets.
The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
The aim of education is growth: the aim of growth is more growth
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies.
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.
Where consciousness is concerned, the appearance is the reality.
The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
Over one's mind and over one's body the individual is sovereign.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.
The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man
Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
Lacanian theory must be understood as a kind of “slave morality.
The way people get their living determines their social outlook.
If I negate powdered wigs, I am still left with unpowdered wigs.
Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.
In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?
He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.
The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.
The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.
He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.
Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.