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If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?


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In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.



The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.



The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.



The soul exceeds its circumstances.

The soul exceeds its circumstances.



Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.



Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.



Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.

Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.



The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.

The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.



When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.

When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.



I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy





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I owe most of my wisdom to the problems I was gifted.



I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.



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I knew I was going to do something great. I knew I wasn't going to die 20 miles from where I was born, no 20 miles from where I lived.



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I am who I am, but I am not a bully.



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I’m a martial artist, and I don’t train because I have a fight; I train because it’s my lifestyle, and I’ll train every day if I’m not hurt.



The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine...Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.

The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine...Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.



The problem of the chimps is that they can only sit and look. They can't discuss what they feel. All that feeling is trapped within each one.

The problem of the chimps is that they can only sit and look. They can't discuss what they feel. All that feeling is trapped within each one.



In order to know what he is, a man must first know what the sum of this mysterious humanity is, a humanity made up of people who, like himself, do not understand what they are.

In order to know what he is, a man must first know what the sum of this mysterious humanity is, a humanity made up of people who, like himself, do not understand what they are.



The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.

The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.




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