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When everything belongs to everyone, nobody will take care of anything.


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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.



It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.



One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.



A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.



Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.



We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.



Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.



Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.



The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.



True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.





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Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.



Terrorists destroy randomly.

Terrorists destroy randomly.



Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.

Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.



The subtle body must be intact to transmit the kundalini.

The subtle body must be intact to transmit the kundalini.



Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.

Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.



Sanctuary is for lovers, not fighters, this season.

Sanctuary is for lovers, not fighters, this season.



I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourselves. It's a little bit surreal but kind of fun. You can play with the whole family.

I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourselves. It's a little bit surreal but kind of fun. You can play with the whole family.



You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.

You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.



I am the god Apostolos. The Harbinger of Telikos. The Final Fate of all. Beloved son of Apollymi the Great Destroyer. My will makes the will of the universe. [Apostolos / Acheron Parthenopaeus]

I am the god Apostolos. The Harbinger of Telikos. The Final Fate of all. Beloved son of Apollymi the Great Destroyer. My will makes the will of the universe. [Apostolos / Acheron Parthenopaeus]



We cannot make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free.

We cannot make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free.




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