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To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same
The order and connection of ideas is the same as the order and connection of things
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man
Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless when they oppose it
If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought
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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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