Although we are free whenever we are willing to get back to ourselves, it seldom happens that we are willing.
Henri Bergson
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Crazy Times
Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Thinking’s Paradox
Never am I less alone than when I am by myself, never am I more active then when I do nothing.
Cato
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Timeless Works
Some books are undeservedly forgotten, none are undeservedly remembered.
W.H. Auden
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Self Friendship
Conscience is the anticipation of the fellow who awaits you if and when you come home.
Hannah Arendt
#twisdom #ethics #thinking
Seas of Language
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by language.
Wittgenstein
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Static Quo
It is not because things are difficult that we do not venture. It is because we do not venture that things are difficult.
Seneca
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Dangerous Shelter
The most dangerous worldviews are the worldviews of those who have never viewed the world.
Alexander von Humboldt
#twisdom #experience #openmindedness
Beauty in Error
Don’t be afraid to make beautiful mistakes.
Anonymous
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Docile Ignorance
The ignorant are governable.
J.J. Most
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