For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

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All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man.

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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

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Armies are necessary, before all things, for the defense of governments from their own oppressed and enslaved subjects.

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

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If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living.

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Those who neither struggle against violence nor take part in it can no more be enslaved than water can be cut.

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By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.

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Let people judge me as they please - I can deceive them, but I cannot deceive myself.

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