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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. ↗

— Yann Martel

#fiction #how #imagination #interpret #interpretation

Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that. ↗

— Yann Martel

#describing #good #image #mind #reader

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#constant #earth #exercise #exists #generosity

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. ↗

— Jose Marti

#against #benefit #either #his #interest

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy. ↗

— Jose Marti

#every man #honest #hypocrisy #liberty #man

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. ↗

— Jose Marti

#despite #down #fair #hills #hinder

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical. ↗

— Jose Marti

#depth #does #himself #radical #see

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. ↗

— Jose Marti

#contribute #created #evil #free #human

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ↗

— Jose Marti

#generate #light #like #men #others

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself. ↗

— Jose Marti

#cannot #child #himself #honest #honesty