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The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

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In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

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Man is an end in himself.

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Charity must be voluntary.

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Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own exis...more

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To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for t...more

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An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.

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It [ballet] projects a fragile kind of strength and a certain inflexible precision.

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I have yet to see a genius or a hero who, if stuck with a burning match, would feel less pain than his undistinguished average brother.

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When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you – you know your nation is doomed.

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He tried to explain and to convince. He knew, while he spoke, that it was useless, because his words sounded as if they were hitting a vacuum. There w...more

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Let us throw away our candles and our torches. Let us flood the cities with light. Let us bring a new light to men! -Equality 7-2521

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Socialism may be established by force, as in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—or by vote, as in Nazi (National Socialist) Germany. The degree o...more

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To irrational principles, one cannot be loyal. Ideas that are not derived from reality cannot be consistently practiced in reality.--as quoted by Leon...more

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Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?