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Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.

Heraclitus

The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Awake Deep Private Share Sleep World
Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water.
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Air Death Earth Fire Live Philosophy Water
Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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Discover Experience Explore Limitation Soul Travel
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
Change alone is unchanging.
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Alone Change Inspirational One Liner
All are one.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Justice One Liner Women Empowerment
To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
HERACLITUS

God Men Philosophy Right Wrong
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Claim Defend Opinion Reputation Understand
History is a child building a sandcastle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man’s power in the world.
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Build Children History Majesty Man Power Sea World
There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
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exchange Fire Gold Wave
All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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Come Conflict Opposite Philosophy
Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.
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Army Battle Fighter Lucky Men Target Warrior
The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Conceal Habit Nature
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
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Character Creation Life Patient
Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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Children King Lifetime Piece Play

Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.

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