Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human. - Plato

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I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is another phrase for what is most uniquely us.

Plato

Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.

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He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

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The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

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'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'

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Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

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The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.

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Fanny Burney

I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling

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The greatest illiterate is the inability to learn the great things of life from small things around.

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If you create an environment where the people truly participate, you don't need control. They know what needs to be done and they do it. And the more that people will devote themselves to your cause on a voluntary basis, a willing basis, the fewer hierarchies and control mechanisms you need.

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