"Our lives consist of two numbers: date of birth and date of death."

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“The death of our close friends and relatives proves that how close the death is to us!”

“Erasers remind us there is no faultless human.”

“We all laugh and cough with the same language and will die with the same language as well!”

“Politically I am neither left nor right! And this kind of political-ethical standpoint-- being in the middle-- usually brings about seclusion and isolation! But now I do not mind it anymore and, instead, I work more and more in my self-made solitude!”

“Paper is my best friend and paper seller is my worst friend!”

“Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.”

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"But the capitalist, living on his income, gives nothing to his subjects. He lives by mere exploitation."

— George Fitzhugh

Economics

#life

"Seemeth it nothing to you, never to accuse, never to blame either God or Man? to wear ever the same countenance in going forth as in coming in? This was the secret of Socrates: yet he never said that …"

— Epictetus

Philosophy50–138

#religion

"It's depressing to realize how few of the teams in our lives use their human capital and opportunities well, when it comes to sustaining performance, innovating, or adapting. That's true whether we're…"

— Richard Boyatzis

Science1946

#truth

"The main enemy of the people is the state. The state does everything it can do to get more and more control over people’s lives and access to more of their data while cutting down on personal freedom …"

— Gary McKinnon

1963

#freedom