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African Spir

"Men who have sacrifice their well-being, and even their lives, for the cause of truth or the public good, are, from an empirical point of view - which scorn ("fait fi", Fr.) virtue and altruism - regarded as insane or fools; but, from a moral standpoint, they are heros who do honour ("qui honorent", Fr.) humanity."

Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 38), 1937.

African Spir

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“Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.”
“Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason”
“The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepen his understanding and sensibility, in growing through his pains.”
“Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.”

Source : "Under the Tuscan Sun". www.imdb.com. September 26, 2003.
“The price for using dark magic is death, so that goes a long way toward deterring users.”
“There is no limit to the power of loving.”
“And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.”
“Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have meaning, the music of the words is where the meanings begin....Writing as a lesser form of dance.”

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