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“Haven’t you forgotten the first and most important lesson in all of philosophy, the lesson taught to all of us by Socrates, the father of philosophy? That you are wise only when you are humble, that the very first bit of wisdom and the prerequisite for all others is the realization that we are not wise”
― Making Sense Out of Suffering
― Making Sense Out of Suffering
“The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.”
― Small and Simple Things
― Small and Simple Things
“Money can't buy happiness, BUT it can buy books (which is basically the same thing).”
― Confessions of a Bookseller
― Confessions of a Bookseller
“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you. When you dwell on their words and let them dominate your thoughts, you make them your master.”
― The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
― The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
“We are in the hands of men whose power and wealth have separated them from the reality of daily life and from the imagination. We are right to be afraid.”
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