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Time and space cannot by themselves make individuality. Being is needed. A dead man occupies Time and Space, but has no individuality, no Being.
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And I have the others in me. Even when I�m far away from them, I am forced to live with them. Even when I�m all alone, crowds surround me. I have no place to flee to, unless I were to flee from myself.
The Book of Disquiet
I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost.
The Book of Disquiet
And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living.
The Book of Disquiet
Whether there be gods or not, we are their servants.
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The Book of Disquiet
Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.
The Book of Disquiet
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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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