"What a person is for himself, what abides with him in his loneliness and isolation, and what no one can give or take away from him, this is obviously more essential for him than everything that he possesses or what he may be in the eyes of others..."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

#Loneliness Quotes #Eye Quotes #Giving Quotes

“We're going to hear an earful, but it's going to be an earful of wonderment and happiness that people waited for for a long time.”
“I would, if checking boxes in a questionnaire, say I would oppose abortion except when the life of the mother is in danger.”
“When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.”
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”
“I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy. If things don't go well in any aspect of my life, I'm going to the gym and I'm going to shoot. That's my one type of place that's a safe haven where I go and it's just me, the basketball and the hoop, and I'm just doing something I love to do.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com. February 15, 2015.
“My birth sign is Scorpio and they eat themselves up and burn themselves out. I swing between happiness and misery. I am part prude and part nonconformist. I say what I think and I don't pretend and I am prepared to accept the consequences of my actions.”
“Fichte is a necessary step to both Hegel and Marx.”
“Don't make the mistake of bringing your heart down here with you, there is no place for it in Furnace.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.48, Faber & Faber

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