Category: philosopher
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Heaven means to be one with God.
Confucius
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For ideas to prevail, many of their defenders have to die in obscurity. Their anonymous influence makes itself felt.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
Plato
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A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
Rene Descartes
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People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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The call for debt cancellation is welcome, but debt does not just go away.
Noam Chomsky
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He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
Bertrand Russell
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We must accept what science tells us, that man was born from the earth. But, more logical than the scientists who lecture us, we must carry this lesson to its conclusion: that is to say, accept that man was born entirely from the world – not only his flesh and bones but his incredible power of thought.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin