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No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
 
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.
 
Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
 
Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.
 
Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.
 
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly, that is what each of us is here for.
 
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.
 
Unless we can explain the mind in terms of things that have no thoughts or feelings of their own, we'll only have gone around in a circle.
 
Most people are afraid to stand alone; they are afraid to think things out for themselves, afraid to feel deeply, to explore and discover the whole meaning of life.
 
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
 
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
 
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
 
Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.
 
A falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest.
 
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
 
Thinking is difficult, so most of us judge.
 
My favorite animal is steak.
 
For philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday.
 
The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
 
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
 
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