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“Her father had laughed, but Marie Berger wondered whether it was proper to make fun of Victor Hugo. Hadn't he been a member of the Académie Française?”

Book:Orlanda

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“...my classical values make me advocate the triplet of erudition, elegance, and courage; against modernity's phoniness, nerdiness, and philistinism...many philistines reduce my ideas to an opposition of technology when in fact I am opposing the naive blindness to it's side affects - the fragility criterion. I'd rather be unconditional about ethical and conditional about technology than the the reverse.”

Nerd Modernity Fragility Clarity Of Thought Nerds Internet Addiction Nerdiness Modernity Is A Sickness Robustness Modern Values Wisdom Vs Nerdiness

Book:The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“I don't like taking from anyone. I'd rather be a giver, though not for any worthy reason. It's about control, obviously. If I give, I control; if I take, I am controlled. If someone offers me something for free I am at once suspicious.”

Control Giving And Taking

Book:The Memory Box

Source: The Memory Box

“If you give what can be takes, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Take what is given: Give what cannot be taken.”

Truth Generosity Giving And Taking

Book:Reflections

Source: Reflections

“When determined to achieve our own goals, we don't always consider others.”

Spirituality

Author:wizanda

“Functionality is overrated.”

Functionality

Book:The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

Source: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

“Don’t be afraid to pursue your goals—even your dreams! But know that there is no shortcut to excellence and competence. Education is the difference between wishing you could help other people and being able to help them.”

Education Goals Functionality Becoming Useful

Book:Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

Source: Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

“There is nothing as empty as an empty swimming pool.”

Life Space Existence Existentialism Maga Trumpism Functionality

Author:Raymond Chandler

“Functionality is an asset, but code is a liability.”

Code Programming Functionality

Author:Ted Dziuba

“A state of being, meaning a breath which is connected to now.”

Hope Meditation State Of Mind Now Breath Higherself

Author:hlbalcomb

“If anyone says they're here to "serve the universe," they function from a delusional separate self. The universe doesn't serve itself . . . it lives Itself, and that Self is you.”

Philosophy Existentialism Higherself Spirituality Selfrealization

Author:Zzenn Loren

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