"There are many more languages than we think: and man betrays himself more often than he desires. How things speak! - but there are very few listeners, so that man can only, as it were, chatter on in the void when he pours out his confessions: he squanders his â€˜truthsâ€™, as the sun does its light. - Isnâ€™t it rather a pity that the void has no ears?"

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Source : Pierre Klossowski (2005). “EPZ Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle”, p.2, A&C Black

Pierre Klossowski

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Light Quotes

“Nobody knows everything that's hidden in the balance sheets of banks. In fact, they are completely impenetrable.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other.”

Source : James Surowiecki (2005). “The Wisdom of Crowds”, p.41, Anchor
“Subject matter must be normal in the sense that it does not appear sought after so much as simply happening to one.”
“Black people don't hijack planes, alright? Now I'll be the first to admit, we steal a lot of stuff, but we do not hijack planes. In fact, in the history of aviation, a black person has never even attempted to hijack a plane. Do you want to know why? Because you can't sell an airplane.”
“I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.”
“Conviction of sin draws me away from myself and toward GodSelf-condemnation, on the other hand, draws me down into myself and away from God.”
“I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.”
“I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.”

Source : "The Atomic Scientists, the Sense of Wonder and the Bomb" by Mark Fiege in Enviornmental History, Vol. 12, Issue 3, July 2007.

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