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"You can never step into the same river twice, for fresh waters are ever flowing upon you." -Heraclitus

 

I really like this quote in particular. It's the opposite of Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, yet they're both true.

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"Not knowing the end of your path, that's not hopelessness. We worry, cry, and scream, but in the end, we have the power to make our own choices." -Teshirogi Shiori, Delivery
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"Many people who have progressively lowered their personal standards in an attempt to win social acceptance and life’s comforts bitterly resent those of philosophical bent who refuse to compromise their spiritual ideals and who seek to better themselves. Never live your life in reaction to these diminished souls. Be compassionate toward them, and at the same time hold to what you know is good."

Epictetus, The Art of Living.

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A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone’s orders, directives, or controls; it does not sacrifice its knowledge, its view of the truth, to anyone’s opinions, threats, wishes, plans, or “welfare.”

 

- Ayn Rand

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“To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same position as racists who give preference to those who are members of their race.”

 

- Peter Singer

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"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God.

Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God."

 

Christopher Hitchens

 

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How about this for a topical quote....

 

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise" - Socrates.

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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

 

- B. R. Ambedkar

 

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The African-American stand-up Chris Rock maintained that stand-up comedy should always be punching upwards. It's a heroic little struggle. You can't be a right-wing clown without some character caveat, some vulnerability, some obvious flaw. You're on the right. You've already won. You have no tragedy. You're punching down. You can be a right-wing comedy columnist, away from the public eye, a disembodied, authoritarian presence that doesn't need to show doubt. Who could be on stage, crowing about their victory and ridiculing those less fortunate than them without any sense of irony, shame or self-knowledge? That's not a stand-up comedian. That's just a c***.

 

- Stewart Lee

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How about this for a topical quote....

 

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise" - Socrates.

 

The children now love their devices. They lack manners because they are not social creatures in meatspace, there is contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love texting and face-timing in place of exercise" - Greprates.

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