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  • #1
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  • #2
    Søren Kierkegaard
    “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
    Søren Kierkegaard

  • #3
    Abraham Lincoln
    “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
    Abraham Lincoln, Complete Works - Volume XII

  • #4
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    “Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows
    with the ability to say no to oneself.”
    Abraham Joshua Heschel

  • #5
    Paulo Coelho
    “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
    Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

  • #6
    Paulo Coelho
    “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
    Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

  • #7
    Russell Kirk
    “Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.”
    Russell Kirk

  • #8
    Russell Kirk
    “If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.”
    Russell Kirk

  • #9
    Haemin Sunim
    “We know the world only through the window of our mind. When our mind is noisy, the world is as well. And when our mind is peaceful, the world is, too. Knowing our minds is just as important as trying to change the world.”
    Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

  • #10
    Haemin Sunim
    “When people who don't know you well admire you, they are seeing their projected illusion, not your real self.
    In contrast, when people who know you well respect you, it is probably because you deserve it.”
    Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World



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