Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams. The Zahir
Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems. The Neurotic Personality Of Our Time
Those who live for hope alone find that the immediate future always slips from their grasp. Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales
You will do the greatest service to the state, if you shall raise not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens. Fragment
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