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Robert Musil Quotes: The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.
         

The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.


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And what would you do, ... if you could rule the world for a day? I suppose I would have no choice but to abolish reality.



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Layer by layer art strips life bare.



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If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.



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Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.




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Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress and one path, and is always at a disadvantage.



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Life forms a surface that acts as if it could not be otherwise, but under its skin things are pounding and pulsing.



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