”Gott ist todt. Aber so wie die Art der Menschen ist, wird es vielleicht noch Jahrtausende lang Höhlen geben, in denen man seinen Schatten zeigt. Und wir – wir müssen auch noch seinen Schatten besiegen!” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“If you don’t get lost, there’s a chance you may never be found.” ~ Unknown
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” ~ Isaac Newton
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ~ Sören Kierkegaard
”Happiness is in overcoming unhappiness. The worst nightmare is a long, long row of sunny days.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” ~ Mark Twain
“He who dares not to offend cannot be honest.” ~ Thomas Paine
“The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ~ George Orwell
“The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“There are no facts, only interpretations.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” ~ Unknown
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” ~ Bertrand Russel
“It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer. ” ~ Albert Einstein
“Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.” ~ George Iles
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
“It’s better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you’re not.” ~ Kurt Cobain
“In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met along the way.” ~ Havelock Ellis
“Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.” ~ Havelock Ellis
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi
“Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“The more we know, the better we know, how little we know.” ~ Unknown
“Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ~ Unknown
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ~ Gustave Flaubert
“Everyone’s a whore, we just sell different part of ourselves.” ~ Peaky Blinders
“Die Religion ist das Opium des Volkes.” ~ Karl Marx
“Wenn ein Gott diese Welt gemacht hat, möchte ich nicht der Gott sein; ihr Jammer würde mir das Herz zerreissen.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Trotse importamsterdammer, Geboren en getogen op de Biblebelt, ‘Religieus vluchteling’, MSc International Relations UvA, Filosofie/Religie/Politiek/Voetbal. Hoopt ergens een steentje bij te dragen aan een betere wereld en een betere samenleving.
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