"History will be erased in the universal purgatory."

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“To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.”

“I imagined I was God for a millisecond and became speechless for a long time.”

“Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.”

“I can see myself before myself—a being through dark scenery.”

“Possible impossibility emerges from an impossible possibility, or possibly, impossible possibility blooms from the impossibly possible impossibility.”

“Strangers are endearing because you don’t know them yet.”

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— Rosa Luxemburg

Social Activism1871–1919

#freedom

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— Carl Sagan

Science1934–1996

#life

"The great moral lesson which Saul's history leaves for the instruction of mankind is this: That without true piety the finest qualities of character and the highest position in society will utterly fa…"

— William Mackergo Taylor

Politics1829–1895

#Human Nature

"Burns's Brother Gilbert, a man of much sense and worth, has told me that Robert, in his young days, in spite of their hardship, was usually the gayest of speech; a fellow of infinite frolic, laughter,…"

— Thomas Carlyle

Philosophy1795–1881

#happiness