“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

There are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye.

When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning: a deaf population absent-mindedly registers the condemnation of a man … there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.

Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.

The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.”
– Albert Camus

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“The battle to save life is still going on. … This battle to save life will eventually be won. … Blind faith in established experience has been shattered, outmoded regulations have been smashed.

Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.

Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.”
– Ba Jin (Born November 25, 1904)

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“Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.”
– Tecumseh

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