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“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”
― Milton Friedman

“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard.”
― Gayle Forman, If I Stay

“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

“There are two kinds of guilt. The kind that's a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. Let your guilt be your fuel. Let it remind you of who you want to be. Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged but it's there. Don't let them take it from you.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

“FIRST MORAL

Good manners are not easy
They need a little care,
But when we least expect it
Bring rewards both rich and rare.


SECOND MORAL

Brute force or bribes of diamonds
Bend others to your will,
But gentle words have greater power
And gain more conquests still.”
― Charles Perrault, Perrault's Fairy Tales

“For you know that I myself am a labyrinth, where one easily gets lost.”
― Charles Perrault

“To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for a very rare woman. So here our tale appears to show/How marriage deferred/Brings joy unheard/Nothing lost after a century or so. But others love with more ardor/And wed quickly out of passion/Whatever they do/I won’t deplore/Nor shall I preach a lesson.”
― Charles Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty and Other Classic French Fairy Tales

“Discussing racism is not the same thing as discussing 'black identity'. Discussing racism is about discussing white identity. It's about white anxiety. It's about asking why whiteness has this reflexive need to define itself against immigrant bogey monsters in order to feel comfortable, safe and secure. Why am I saying one thing, and white people are hearing something completely different?”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a problem first and foremost.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“If you are disgusted by what you see, and if you feel the fire coursing through your veins, then it's up to you. You don't have to be the leader of a global movement or a household name. It can be as small scale as chipping away at the warped power relations in your workplace. It can be passing on knowledge and skills to those who wouldn't access them otherwise. It can be creative. It can be informal. It can be your job. It doesn't matter what it is, as long as you're doing something.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“If we had never seen fishes, we should be at a loss to understand how any living beings could exist In the sea.”
― Allan Kardec, The Spirits' Book

“I felt breathless, like every question was a step up a stairway.”
― Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

“Knowing others is wisdom;
Knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force;
Mastering the self requires strength;
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Perseverance is a sign of will power.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.”
― Thomas Sowell, Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”
― Thomas Sowell

“It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. ”
― Thomas Sowell

“We cannot do anything for the people we love, except to keep on loving them”.”
― Fernando Savater

“«Espera; ten perseverancia; la paciencia es un ensayo de eternidad». Sani”
― Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi, El Alquimista

“¿Existe”
― Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi, El Alquimista

“O vento passou e disse:
-Gosto de ti.
E a flor abriu-se em pétalas de todas as cores.”
― Leonor Santa-Rita, Gosto de ti

“The wandering ghosts were expelled, bad luck was sent off, and disaster was averted, leaving behind good fortune, cleanliness, and happiness.”
― Xuemo, Desert Rites

“He missed the desert, couldn't help it. It was so clean and so big. He could lie on the sand to sleep, even roll around like an old donkey without soiling his body.”
― Xuemo, Desert Hunters

“As a society we need to stop taking our skincare advice from people whose motives for recommending specific products are almost entirely financially driven; this includes skincare companies, journalists, bloggers, beauty therapists, YouTubers and even some medical professionals. I refer to this seemingly diverse group of people collectively as "Big Skincare".”
― Natalia Spierings, Skintelligent: What you really need to know to get great skin

“Achieving great skin is a marathon, not a sprint, and requires lifelong maintenance to keep it clear and looking good.”
― Natalia Spierings, Skintelligent: What you really need to know to get great skin

“The green language is the initiate’s language of words and images that was applied to reveal meaningful associations among ideas and to allow for multiple layers of interpretation.”
― Eugène Canseliet, Mutus Liber - Alchemy and its Mute Book: Introduction and comments by Eugène Canseliet F.C.H., disciple of Fulcanelli

“Pray, read, read, read, reread, work and you will discover.”
― Eugène Canseliet, Mutus Liber - Alchemy and its Mute Book: Introduction and comments by Eugène Canseliet F.C.H., disciple of Fulcanelli

“Our Master, Fulcanelli, has convincingly demonstrated that a significant part of the decoration of churches, from humble parishes to the most ornate cathedrals, cannot satisfactorily be explained from a point of view that is limited to religion or morality. Quite often the hermetic sciences form the pretext of allegorical compositions.”
― Eugène Canseliet, Mutus Liber - Alchemy and its Mute Book: Introduction and comments by Eugène Canseliet F.C.H., disciple of Fulcanelli

“Symbolism does not let itself be restricted. It is universal or does not exist.”
― Eugène Canseliet, Mutus Liber - Alchemy and its Mute Book: Introduction and comments by Eugène Canseliet F.C.H., disciple of Fulcanelli

“Mar
Metade da minha alma é feita de maresia”
― Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Mar