"It is not facts, but rumors that cause emotions among the people. What is believed creates everything."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

Resonant Thoughts

"No more thrilling challenge confronts the people of this generation than that inherent in the crusade to abolish war and to create adequate international organization."

— Kirby Page

Politics1890–1957

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"I've got to tell you, 25 years ago, I believe that in this country, we should not be selling automatic weapons which are designed to kill people. We have got to do everything that we can on top of tha…"

— Bernie Sanders

Politics1941

#friendship

"The one irreducible truth about humanity is diversity."

— Martin Firrell

Art1963

#Human Nature

"India has its own full-fledged brand of negationism: a movement to deny the large-scale and long-term crimes against humanity committed by Islam. This movement is led by Islamic apologists and Marxist…"

— Koenraad Elst

Indology1959

#Human Nature