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Baudolino • Umberto Eco“„It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.“”
Narcissus and Goldmund • Hermann Hesse“Independence is for the very few; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it even with the best right but without inner constraint proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring to the point of recklessness. He enters into a labyrinth, he multiplies a thousandfold dangers which life brings with it in any case, not the least of which is that no one can see how and where he loses his way, becomes lonely, and is torn piecemeal by some minotaur of conscience. Supposing one like that comes to grief, this happens so far from the comprehension of men that they neither feel it nor sympathize. And he cannot go back any longer.”
Beyond Good and Evil • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.”
Discourses • Epictetus“How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne