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" Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. "
Franz Kafka
Before
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You
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" Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery. "
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" Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places. "
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" I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. "
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" Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so. "
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" The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving. "
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" There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie. "
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" In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing. "
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" Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists. "
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" My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. "
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