#General Wisdoms
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"The less you want to be happy, the happier you’ll be. The less you need to perform better, the better you’ll perform."
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"People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it’s a much better argument against foxholes. "
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"There are no atheists in foxholes."
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"The denial is so often the preface to the justification."
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"Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of 'the flock'."
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"A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called ‘meaningless’ except if the person living it is also an existentialist and elects to call it so."
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"One melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realization that you can’t make old friends."
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"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."
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"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
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"The meaning of life in the human sphere is easy to answer: to create satisfaction for ourselves and for other people. In the extra-human sphere the question has no meaning."