"There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything."

-- Richard von Weizsaecker

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“Whether we are aware of it or not, every act of trust carries with it a shiver of fear. A favorable situation can become dangerous. Deep down we know that life is insecure and precarious. However, if we do trust, the shiver carries with it a philosophical optimism: Life, with all its traps and horrors, Â is good The bet is implicit in trust itself. If we could be sure of everyone and everything, trust would have no value - like money, if it were suddenly limitless, or sunshine, if there were always fine weather, or life, if we were to live forever”

Source : Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life”, p.91, Penguin
“The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.”
“But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being.”
“Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theatre.”
“Surrender, but donâ€™t give yourself away”
“We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.”
“To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.”
“Things thought too long can be no longer thought, For beauty dies of beauty, worth of worth, And ancient lineaments are blotted out.”

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