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The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.
Alexander Herzen
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All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.
Alexander Herzen
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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
Alexander Herzen
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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Thomas Paine
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Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Surrounded by noises from televisions, airplanes, subways and automobiles, most of us 'tune out' for self-protection.
Michael J. Gelb
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Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.
Pierre Beaumarchais
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Once I talked to the inmates of an insane asylum in Hartford. I have talked to idiots a thousand times, but only once to the insane.
Mark Twain
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Autonomy, adventure, imagination: entrepreneurshi p comprehends all this and more for us. The characteristic art form of our age may be the business plan.
William Deresiewicz
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If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts.
William Deresiewicz
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People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.
William Deresiewicz
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We proceed by doubt, by trial and error, by resisting the impulse to lunge after certainty.
William Deresiewicz
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If you're oblivious to other people, chances are pretty good that you're going to hurt them.
William Deresiewicz
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Posting information is like pornography, a slick, impersonal exhibition.
William Deresiewicz
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But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it.
William Deresiewicz
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An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.
Oscar Wilde
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WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.
Noam Chomsky
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In real life the people who are most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Taste has no system and no proofs.
Susan Sontag
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I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well
Oscar Wilde
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Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
Richard Bach
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Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?
Oscar Wilde
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What is the use of Christ's words, unless we set an example?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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