"I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am."

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Source : "Authenticity and Fiction in the Russian Literary Journey, 1790-1840". Book by Andreas Schönle, p. 108, 2000.

Caspar David Friedrich

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“Anger cannot be overcome by anger. If someone is angry with you, and you show anger in return, the result is a disaster. On the other hand, if you control your anger and show its opposite - love, compassion, tolerance and patience - not only will you remain peaceful, but the other person's anger will also diminish.”
“There's one rule that I have on my movies, which is that anything that you want to do, you can do. But! There's a flip side to that, which is that anything I want you to do, give it a try also.”

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“I don't care what you think, your junk does not have special abilities.”
“When we have a new heart, we become new people, and then we have a new society, then we have a new nation.”
“One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.”
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”
“Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.”
“Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.”

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