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A man can’t go out the way he came in…a man has got to add up to something! Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman In … Read More ›

“Monsters exist, but they are far too few in number to be truly dangerous; the most dangerous monsters are ordinary [men and women] ready to believe and … Read More ›

“The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.” Edward Young, Virtue’s Apology Some people pass from birth to death with … Read More ›

“It is no more possible to make life easy than it is to grow a herb of immortality.” Carl Jung, Civilization in Transition In many ways life is a … Read More ›

“That one is in despair is not a rarity; no, it is rare, very rare, that one is…not in despair.” Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto … Read More ›

“The great citizens of a country are not those who bend the knee before authority but rather those who, against authority if need be, are … Read More ›