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A thousand times I was ready to regret and take back my rash statement - yet it had been the truth.

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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.

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...the opposite of every truth is just as true! That is to say, any truth can only be expressed and put into words when it is one-sided. Everything th...more

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I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

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Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a litt...more

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You had an image of life inside you, a belief or an ideal, that you were ready to do good deeds, to suffer, and to sacrifice – and by degrees you noti...more

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For there is not a single human being, not even the primitive Negro, not even the idiot, who is so conveniently simple that his being can be explained...more

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Сè противречи едно на друго, сè протрчува едно крај друго, никаде нема сигурност. Сè може да се толкува вака, и сè може да се толкува обратно. Сета чо...more

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If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything is tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be ...more

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Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding,” Joseph exclaimed. “If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everyth...more

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There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a per...more

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The whole of world history often seems to me nothing more than a picture book which portrays humanity's most powerful and a senseless desire - the des...more