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“Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
“La necesidad de emplear ideas abstractas es fundamental para la supervivencia humana, y por eso no hay elección entre seguir o no una filosofía. Sí se puede elegir, en cambio, si esa filosofía será elaborada por un proceso de pensamiento consciente, racional y lógico, o mediante una acumulación de falsedades, contradicciones y afirmaciones dogmáticas.”
― Realidad, Razón y Egoísmo [El pensamiento de Ayn Rand] (La Antorcha)
― Realidad, Razón y Egoísmo [El pensamiento de Ayn Rand] (La Antorcha)

“...of all things this was the saddest, that life goes on: if one leaves one's lover, life should stop for him, and if one disappears from the world, then the world should stop, too: and it never did. And that was the real reason for most people getting up in the morning: not because it would matter but because it wouldn't.”
― The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
― The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories

“Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.”
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“The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.”
― The Lost Orwell: Being a Supplement to The Complete Works of George Orwell
― The Lost Orwell: Being a Supplement to The Complete Works of George Orwell
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