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We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love
We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden
Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
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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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