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4485 Philosopher Quotes

Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret.

Death Tragic Truth Secret
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Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.

Justice Society Work Institutions
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Schools serve the same social functions as prisons and mental institutions- to define, classify, control, and regulate people

Schools Define Control People
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The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body

Soul Effect Prison Body
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Power is tolerable only on condition that it masks a substantial part of itself. Its success is proportional to an ability to hide its own mechanisms.

Power Tolerable Success Mechanisms
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It is meaningless to speak in the name of - or against - Reason, Truth, or Knowledge.

Speak Reason Truth Knowledge
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Madness is the false punishment of a false solution, but by its own virtue it brings to light the real problem, which can then be truly resolved.

Madness Punishment Virtue Problem
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There is no escaping from power, that it is always-already present constituting that very thing which one attempts to counter it with

Power Constituting Counter
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The language of psychiatry is a monologue of reason about madness

Language Psychiatry Reason Madness
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From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art.

Idea Self Work Art
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I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.

Love Memory Time Place
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The individual is the product of power.

Individual Product Power
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Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

Freedom Conscience Authority
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In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

Power Punish Curing Educating
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Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.

State Begins Liberty Ceases
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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

Worship God Liberty Humanity
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Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom.

Children Parents Society Future
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The urge for destruction is also a creative urge!

Urge Destruction Creative
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Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

Political freedom Equality Fraud Lie
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The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.

Freedom Essential
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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

Idealism Thought Politics Will
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Real humanity presents a mixture of all that is most sublime and beautiful with all that is vilest and most monstrous in the world.

Humanity Sublime Beautiful World
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We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda.

Principles Words Deeds Propaganda
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A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions.

Person Truth Acts Convictions
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A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.

Falsehood Powerful Human Truth
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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible.

Striving Impossible Man Achieved
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Theology is the science of the divine lie.

Theology Science Divine
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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Good sense Good taste Effect
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Wise Modest man Vain
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Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Miracles Difficulties Grow
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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

Tip-toes Walk Stand
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Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Friendship Weaker Love
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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

Pious Atheist King
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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

Children Future Enjoy
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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

Lawsuits Pervert Health Property
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

Eminence Great person Small person
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Dark Moment Focus Light
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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Good Decision Knowledge Based
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Win Desire Urge Potential
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Twice Fight Faith With
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
Root Stem Evil Every
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.

Love Heaven Blessing Madness
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Gain Wisdom Lover Honor
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Embrace your dreams and advance as far as they can take you.

Dreams Embrace Advance You
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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Strength Rudeness Imitation Weak
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Never Injure Friend Jest
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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

Book Only Page Read
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Becomes Habit Necessity Resisted
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Abstinence Complete Easier Moderation
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Be not another, if you can be yourself.

Yourself You Be yourself Another
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