"The great German idealists from Kant to Hegel saw this idealism or nihilism as a reductio ad absurdum of any philosophy, and so they struggled by all conceptual means to avoid it."

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Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.

Frederick C. Beiser

#Philosophy Quotes #Mean Quotes #Nihilism Quotes

“The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own rights and becoming a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I will not begin to be a saint.”
“Appreciation is the oil that lubricates life and keeps your wheels turning easily and freely. Without appreciation, your wheels will still spin, but they are apt to become rusted with resentment and exhaustion. Since there is great truth in the well-known statement "We teach people how to treat us," you can start teaching others to shower you with appreciation by showering yourself first.”
“It often looks like an actor's had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they've been working their way up, little by little, for a while.”

Source : "Front Roe: Revenge's Ashley Madekwe Talks Fashion Tips, Hair Extensions, and Cat Passports". Interview with Louise Roe, www.glamour.com. April 6, 2012.
“Drawing Is An Escape From All The Unecessary Things In Life That Get In The Way Of Being Free”
“We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together, mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic electrical swarm. The lungs the brain the heart. Forty weeks later, six trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our motherâ€™s birth canal and we howl. Then the world starts in on us.”

Source : Anthony Doerr (2014). “All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel”, p.468, Simon and Schuster
“Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not.”
“Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.”

Source : Laura Schlessinger (2008). “Stop Whining, Start Living”, p.14, Dr. Laura Schlessinger
“I enjoy myself a lot but I derive more joy in working. I believe in hard work and one of my business success secrets is hard work. It's hard to see a youth that will go to bed by 2am and wake up by 5am. I don't rest until I achieve something.”

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