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The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses. - [Philosophy] The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter. - [Self] To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are. - [Perception] To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium. - [Action] To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. - [Complaining] To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. - [Intolerance] To spell out the obvious is often to call it into question. - [Obviousness] Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous. - [Uncertainty] We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. - [Certainty] We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened. - [Memory] Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. - [Habit] You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - [Fear] You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy. - [Happiness] Nature attains perfection, but man never does. - Reflections on the Human Condition (p. 3) [Nature : Perfection] An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. - Reflections on the Human Condition (p. 54) [Mind] Language was invented to ask questions. - Reflections on the Human Condition (p. 55) [Language] What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds. - Reflections on the Human Condition (p. 55) [Mind] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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