"He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty."
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"We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim."
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"Does choice exist when I see something very clearly?"
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"The intellect is not the means of creation, and creation does not take place through the functioning of the intellect; on the contrary, there is creation when the intellect is silent."
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"It seems that every life form on this planet strives toward its maximum potential... except human beings. A tree does not grow to half its potential size and then say, "l guess that will do." A tree will drive its roots as deep as possible. It will soak up as much nourishment as it can, stretch as high and as wide as nature will allow, and then look down as if to remind us of how much each of us could become if we would only do all that we can."
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"He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line."
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"The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does."
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"National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age."
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"The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion."
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"The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation's concern."
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"What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first."
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"As much land as a man tills, plants, improves, cultivated, and can use the product of, so much is his property. He by his labour does, as it were, enclose it from the common."
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"Every man in a bank hates what the bank does and yet the bank does it."
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"Did you really JUST fall, Jeffrey? Why does everybody in my family talk in these dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS all the time? Why am I the only calm one?"
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"Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing."
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"Fairness does not consist so much of everybody's doing the same thing, but of everybody's being willing to do something that others don't want to do."
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"God does not believe in our God."
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"An Englishman does not joke about such an important matter as a bet."
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"But life never lets you go, does it? You can't put down life the way you put down a book."
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"The critique of the highest values hitherto does not simply refute them or declare them invalid. It is rather a matter of displaying their origins as impositions which must affirm precisely what ought to be negated by the values established."
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