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Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem whi

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. – Erich Fromm, Man for Himself, 1947

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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark. – Arthur Koestler

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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied. – Nan Fairbrother

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The human race is governed by its imagination. – Napoleon

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It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849

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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. РRen̩ Descartes

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How do people go to sleep? I’m afraid I’ve lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things. – Dorothy Parker, Here Lies, 1939

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To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting. – Stanislaus I of Poland

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