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The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about. B. F. Skinner
Thomas Carlyle quote: "The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped..."
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. Thomas Carlyle
Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in the smoke of confabulation. There can be no peace on earth without the kind of inner change that brings man back to his "right mind." p. 31 Thomas Merton
For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man. Plato
What if he could see this, his own skull, yellow and eroded? Two centuries old. Would he still speak? Would he speak, if he could see it, the grinning, aged skull? What would there be for him to say, to tell the people? What message could he bring? What action would not be futile, when a man could look upon his own aged, yellowed skull? Philip K. Dick
Thucydides quote: "We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public..."
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing Thucydides
Homer quote: "Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing..."
Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man. Homer
I have no duty to be anyone's Friend and no man in the world has a duty to be mine. No claims, no shadow of necessity. Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival. C. S. Lewis
Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health."
Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health. Edgar Allan Poe
Margaret Atwood quote: "How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely..."
How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste. Margaret Atwood
George Meredith quote: "A woman who is not quite a fool will forgive your being but a..."
A woman who is not quite a fool will forgive your being but a man, if you are surely that. . . George Meredith
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "How could I ever trust a man who's been as good a spy as you..."
How could I ever trust a man who's been as good a spy as you have? Kurt Vonnegut
Nicholas Sparks quote: "A good man is hard to find," she said wistfully. "Not everyone..."
A good man is hard to find," she said wistfully. "Not everyone is as lucky as you are. Nicholas Sparks
Khalil Gibran quote: "Words are too poor and too scant to express the inmost feeling..."
Words are too poor and too scant to express the inmost feeling in the heart of man. Khalil Gibran

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