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It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational.


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We know not through our intellect but through our experience.

We know not through our intellect but through our experience.



We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.



We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.

We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.



To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.

To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.



Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.

Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.




Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.

Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.



I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.



The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.

The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.



The photograph keeps open the instants which the onrush of time closes up forthwith; it destroys the overtaking, the overlapping, the metamorphosis of time.

The photograph keeps open the instants which the onrush of time closes up forthwith; it destroys the overtaking, the overlapping, the metamorphosis of time.





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Could I pick some flowers for Miranda?’ I asked.‘You cannot take these flowers, ’ said Zoran. ‘They belong to the government.

Could I pick some flowers for Miranda?’ I asked.‘You cannot take these flowers, ’ said Zoran. ‘They belong to the government.



Reading was artificial borrowed life, benefiting from ideas and sensations transmitted cerebrally, acquiring the treasures of human truth by purchase or swindle, not by work.

Reading was artificial borrowed life, benefiting from ideas and sensations transmitted cerebrally, acquiring the treasures of human truth by purchase or swindle, not by work.



You know, as I've grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don't think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.

You know, as I've grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don't think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.



The best way to judge the worth of a person’s wealth is to count the number of genuine people he has got in his network.

The best way to judge the worth of a person’s wealth is to count the number of genuine people he has got in his network.



It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections.

It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections.



He is dead now, but he meant well.

He is dead now, but he meant well.



The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.

The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.



Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean-the ocean of the soul. How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?

Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean-the ocean of the soul. How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?



I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.

I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.



Often your face is your autobiography

Often your face is your autobiography




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