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The woof and warp of all thought and all research is symbols, and the life of thought and science is the life inherent in symbols; so that it is wrong to say that a good language is important to good thought, merely; for it is the essence of it.
 
I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority.
 
I am free and that is why I am lost.
 
The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.
 
Only sheep need a shepherd
 
Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. You may earn degrees, you may have a series of letters after your name and land a good job, but then what? What is the point of it all if in the process your mind becomes dull, weary, stupid?
 
When you lend money to a friend you usually lose your friend plus interest.
 
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience.
 
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
 
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
 
Perhaps there is no such thing as unilateral power. After all, the man in power depends on receiving information all the time from outside. He responds to that information just as much as he causes things to happen... it is an interaction, and not a lineal situation.
 
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. 
 
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
 
The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
 
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
 
When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
 
When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.
 
The brain abhors discrepancies.
 
Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.
 
Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water power.
 
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