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Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it
He who thinks little, errs much
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say
We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving
Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking
We must think anew - and act anew
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man
Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living
Misery is almost always the result of thinking
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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