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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones respon

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. – Alan Paton

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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton

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Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I dont think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside. – Haruki Murakami

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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. – Erich Fromm

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The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. – Ronald Firbank

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Western laziness…. consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time left to confront the real issues. – Sogyal Rinpoche, Glimpse After Glimpse: Daily Reflections on Living and Dying

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