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Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ― Marcus Aurelius
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. ― Marcus Aurelius
Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ―Marcus Aurelius
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own. ― Marcus Aurelius
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. ― Marcus Aurelius
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life
