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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them
Life is a horizontal fall
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides
The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all
Life is absurd
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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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