“If we could only get rid of consciousness. What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it. To be part of the animal kingdom under the conditions of this earth is very well--but as soon as you know of your slavery, the pain, the anger, the strife--the tragedy begins. We can't return to nature, since we can't change our place in it. Our refuge is in stupidity [...] There is no morality, no knowledge, and no hope; there is only the consciousness of ourselves which drives us about a world that [...] is always but a vain and floating appearance.”
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“Its strange how some people ignore the logic just because they believe what they like to believe and ignore the truth.”
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“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”
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“Who can have compassion on the ignorant is a victim of regrets, a supporter of ignorance and a builder of stupidity.”
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