"There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight."

-- Vaclav Havel

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“Visionaries not only believe that the impossible can be done, but that it must be done.”
“There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.”
“Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only be useful to heralds, dancing masters, and gentlemen ushers.”
“Itâ€™s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps itâ€™s just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.”
“We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.”

Source : Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.265, Transaction Publishers
“God is subtle but he is not malicious.”
“As for you, Private, if you mention a word of this to anyone, I'll feed you to the cat thing here. Understand?" "Yum," said Mogget. "Yes, sir!" mumbled the telephone operator, his hands shaking as he tried to smother the burning wreckage of his switchboard with a fire blanket.”
“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”

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