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The universe is a million billion light-years wide, and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. This is the position of the universe with regards to human life.
The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals
The universe is wider than our views of it
The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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