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Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to t

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horses good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Death
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Not every religion has to have St. Augustines attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesnt prevent it being a religious ceremony. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. – Julian Assange

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin

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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isnt apparent because its shrouded by sensation and delusion. – Bodhidharma

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We are more than just flesh and bones. Theres a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we cant measure. We cant find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet its there. – Benjamin Carson

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