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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
To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.
The Book of Disquiet
We worship perfection because we can't have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect.
The Book of Disquiet
I've never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life.
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
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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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