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It is naively assumed that the fact that the majority of people share certain ideas and feelings proves the validity of these ideas and feelings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Consensual validation as such has no bearing on reason or mental health. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong to it. ~(Camus, as quoted by Tony Judt) ↗

— Albert Camus

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I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

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Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but less sustainable. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

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While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth? ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Philosophy can make people sick. ↗

— Aristotle

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One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it. And how should there be a "common good"! The term contradicts itself: whatever can be common always has little value. In the end it must be as it is and always has been: great things remain for the great, abysses for the profound, nuances and shudders for the refined, and, in brief, all that is rare for the rare. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you're not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

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