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We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again be made central.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.
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Real worship involves waiting.
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to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right.
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In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
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Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.
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we are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. but we cannot just walk into the cavern and look around. most of what we think we know about our minds is pseudo-knowledge. we are all such shocking poseurs, so good at inflating the importance of what we think we value.
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