"Here's a philosophical rule of thumb: always start with the negative definitions. Negative definitions are always easier to understand. So, here's a negative definition. We must not conceive difference in terms of the differences we find between things that already exist. Difference is not empirical differences."

-- Leonard Lawlor

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“You go through life experiences. Each record captures a different turning point in my life.”
“How this can happen is a mystery to us.”
“You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw . . . nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid?”
“Once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of. Our erotic knowledge empowers us, becomes a lens through which we scrutinize all aspects of our existence, forcing us to evaluate those aspects honestly in terms of their relative meaning within our lives. . . .”
“Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine.”
“I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.”

Source : "Libussa". Play by Franz Grillparzer. Act 2, 1848.
“Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.”
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”

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