In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

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Science is meaningless because it gives no answer to our question, the only question important for us: 'what shall we do and how shall we live.

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

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An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life - becoming a better person.

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

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

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The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.

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Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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Not only does the action of Governments not deter men from crimes; on the contrary, it increases crime by always disturbing and lowering the moral standard of society.

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The only thing that we know is that we know nothing - and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.

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