"A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of society's resources for promoting healthy progress has become of vital concern to our civilization."

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Source : Wilhelm Dilthey, Rudolf A. Makkreel, Frithjof Rodi (1991). “Introduction to the Human Sciences”, p.56, Princeton University Press

Wilhelm Dilthey

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“What do you know about me, given that I believe in secrecy? ... If I stick where I am, if I don't travel around, like anyone else I make my inner journeys that I can only measure by my emotions, and express very obliquely and circuitously in what I write. ... Arguments from one's own privileged experience are bad and reactionary arguments.”
“I saw David Lynchâ€™s â€œThe Elephant Manâ€ (1980) when I was 15. I was completely bowled over. I found it so beautiful, strange and mesmerizing that I went back to the cinema every night for a week to see it.”
“See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.”

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“I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”
“I think just wear whatever makes you feel comfortable. Your feet could get sweaty without socks, if that's what you mean. I personally like to keep socks on even through the summer because it looks cute.”

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“Ask yourself this: How much deprivation, how much self-effacement must you suffer through before you act on your desire for meaning and fulfillment? Before itâ€™s your turn to thrive in your life, instead of barely surviving it? Some people live their dreams. Why not you?”
“It makes it hard to get over a certain period of your life when you are constantly revisiting it every night.”

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