"Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow."

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Source : Luigi Pirandello, John Linstrum, Joseph Farrell (2004). “Six characters in search of an author”, A&C Black

Luigi Pirandello

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“But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society.”

Source : William Manchester (1967). “The Death Of A President”
“My parents created their own war.”
“I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.”
“When you stir your rice pudding, Septimus, the spoonful of jam spreads itself round making red trails like the picture of a meteor in my astronomical atlas. But if you stir backwards, the jam will not come together again. Indeed, the pudding does not notice and continues to turn pink just as before. Do you think this is odd?”
“My grandmother lived in a universe filled with life. It was impossible for her to conceive of any creature - even the smallest insect, let alone a human being - as insignificant. In every leaf, flower, animal, and star she saw an expression of a compassionate universe, whose laws were not competition and survival of the fittest but cooperation, artistry and thrift. . . .”
“As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility to become aware of the social relations and applications of his subject, and to exert his influence in such a direction as will result in the best applications of the findings in his own and related fields. Thus he must help in educating the public, in the broad sense, and this means first educating himself, not only in science but in regard to the great issues confronting mankind today.”
“You are embarking on the greatest adventure of your life - to improve your self-image, to create more meaning in your life and in the lives of others. This is your responsibility.”
“It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?”

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