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Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.
Ultimate novelty must be a situation where all boundaries are dissolved.
Out of Eternity the new day is born; Into Eternity at night will return.
Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing.
If I had read as much as other men I would have known no more than they.
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
Christian Kings may erre in deducing a Consequence, but who shall Judge?
Reintegration with Nature, which we are, is the recovery of spontaneity.
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young-or slender.
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.
I have no other self than the totality of the things of which I am aware.
Morality which is no particular socity's morality is to be found nowhere.
No creature can attain a higher grade of nature without ceasing to exist.
Festivals cause diseases, since they lighten cares but increase gluttony.
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.
Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.
A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.
Time is the measurable unit of movement concerning a before and an after.
Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.
Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
One can forget everything, everything, only not oneself, one's own being.
The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed.
It is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and nurishes the wish.
Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
Pride and vanity have built more hospitals than all the virtues together.
What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.
Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love.
Half the useful work in the world consists of combating the harmful work.
It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible.
Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance.
Animal rights, taken to their logical conclusion, mean votes for oysters.
His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service.
Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.
Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.