One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.

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Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

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No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.

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Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.

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The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.

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He who studies without passion will never become anything more than a pedant.

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Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.

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All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

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Health alone does not suffice. To be happy, to become creative, man must always be strengthened by faith in the meaning of his own existence.

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Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.

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