"We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are."

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Source : Leszek Kolakowski (1997). “Modernity on Endless Trial”, p.158, University of Chicago Press

Leszek Kolakowski

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“So many of us invest a fortune making ourselves look good to the world, yet inside we are falling apart. It's time to invest on the inside.”
“Oh my god. I just hung around with an unpretty person. Excuse me while I go home to scrub myself with expensive body wash and a pink loofah, to rid myself of the unpretty germs.”

Source : "The Truth About Diamonds". Book by Nicole Richie, 2005.
“For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well.”

Source : Matthieu Ricard (2010). “The Art of Meditation”, p.24, Atlantic Books Ltd
“People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.”
“I have consciously sought after those things which make for value, order, richness, spirit and wonder, even though I am often unable to verbalize what I feel when I perceive something beautiful. Sometimes it's a pang or a sensation; at other times it is an awareness of joy and security or pure pleasure. In any event, it is a moment to be celebrated. Beauty justifies itself. The fact that it is beyond definition means nothing.”
“The worst time to take a survey is in the middle of a cataclysmic event.”
“I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.”
“Golf may be a hussy, but I love her.”

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