There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact…

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The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in...

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in...

The planets survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an...

The planets survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an...

Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same...

Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same...

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as...

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as...

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who...

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who...

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position...

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position...

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each...

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each...

There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time...

There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time...