A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
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Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
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There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and how to trace a path to a well. Only then will he embark upon a course of action that will not be without significance. You could not liberate a stone if there were no law of gravity for where will the stone go, once it is quarried.
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One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
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The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
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