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“He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.”

Quote by Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian author known for his fantasy literature. His most famous work is 'Sophie's World', a philosophical novel that combines literary and philosophical elements, telling the story of a girl named Sophie's dialogue with a philosopher. Gaarder's works often explore profound philosophical and religious issues, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

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“Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is rare, even among philosophers. Moreover, it can be so dangerous to say in public that it can cost you your life. The most subversive people are those who ask questions. Giving answers is not nearly as threatening. Any one question can be more explosive than a thousand answers.”

People Knows Giving Said Remember Asks Answers One Thing Dangerous Cost Thousand Philosopher Statements Threatening Subversive Admission Explosives

Book:Sophie's World

Source: Sophie's World

“Go back, go back to sleep. Yes, you are allowed. You who have no Love in your heart, you can go back to sleep. The power of Love is exclusive to us, you can go back to sleep. I have been burnt by the fire of Love. You who have no such yearning in your heart, go back to sleep. The path of Love, has seventy-two folds and countless facets. Your love and religion is all about deceit, control and hypocrisy, go back to sleep. I have torn to pieces my robe of speech, and have let go of the desire to converse. You who are not naked yet, you can go back to sleep.”

“In my dreams of this city I am always lost.”

Dream Lost Cities

Book:Cat's Eye

Source: Cat's Eye

“If you died it would be like my bones had been removed. No one would know why, but I would collapse.”

Ifs Knows Would Be Died Bones Collapse

Book:Crave

Source: Crave

“I never really understood the word ‘loneliness’. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.”

Sky Loneliness Ocean Understood Concerned

Author:Bjork

“I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.”

Knows Want Together Not Sure Breakfast Breakfast At Tiffanys Tiffany's

Author:Audrey Hepburn

“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.”

World Stills Lasts Asks Change Delight Foolish Permanent Impermanence Razors Nothing Lasts Forever Enjoy It While It Lasts

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.”

Would Be Suffering Wise Most Wise

Book:Persuasion: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Persuasion: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.”

May Facts Eye Clear Window Infinite Smallest Clear Eyes

Author:Thomas Huxley

“You never forget about things you've done that you know you shouldn't have done. They hang around your mind, linger like a thief casing a joint for a future job. You see them there, dramatically lurking nearby in striped monochrome, leaping behind postboxes as soon as your head whips around to confront them. Or it's a familiar face in a crowd that you glimpse but then lose sight of. An annoying Where's Wally? forever locked away and hidden in every thought in your conscience. The bad thing that you did, always there to let you know.”

Source: The Time of My Life