Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

Victor Hugo

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The ultimate purpose of inquiry is that it allows us to pause. In the space of a pause, truth can shine through.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

Henry David Thoreau

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle. Hiding what is shameful is itself a form of shame.

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

George Bernard Shaw

What you are looking for is what is looking.

Joseph Goldstein

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