"The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness."

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Source : "Man's Fate". Book by André Malraux, 1933.

Andre Malraux

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“A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.”
“I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.”
“Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy; nor fear them.”
“Qigong is a jewel that has many facets.”
“I read what I feel, and not what I see.”
“Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trekâ€™s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanityâ€™s future.I loved Spock.”
“He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money or the power of terror or the power of death: the invincible power to command the love of mankind. There was only one thing that power could not do: it could not make him able to smell himself.”

Source : Patrick Süskind (2015). “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”, p.233, Penguin UK
“You cannot and should not try to please everyone. Make sure that the right people like you, and it will be expected that others will not. That's how the world works.”

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