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“Mit wem sollte Joana sich jetzt über die Dinge unterhalten, die existieren, mit der gleichen Selbstverständlichkeit, mit der man über die anderen sprach, die, die bloß da waren?”
― Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

“According to Buddhism, the root of suffering is neither the feeling of pain nor of sadness nor even of meaninglessness. Rather, the real root of suffering is this never-ending and pointless pursuit of ephemeral feelings, which causes us to be in a constant state of tension, restlessness and dissatisfaction. Due to this pursuit, the mind is never satisfied. Even when experiencing pleasure, it is not content, because it fears this feeling might soon disappear, and craves that this feeling should stay and intensify. People are liberated from suffering not when they experience this or that fleeting pleasure, but rather when they understand the impermanent nature of all their feelings, and stop craving them.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“Will man die plurale Gesellschaft, in der wir leben, zur Grundlage politischen Denkens machen, so müssen Gleichberechtigung und Teilhabe für jede*n gleichermaßen gelten.”
― Max Czollek, Gegenwartsbewältigung