„Metaphysical fallacies contain the only clues we have to what thinking means to those who engage in it.“

— Hannah Arendt

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„I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue.“
— Haruki Murakami
„Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.“
— Jr.
„What I have understood is good; and so, I think, what I have not understood is; only the book requires a Delian diver to get at the meaning of it.“
— Socrates
„Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People are what they do, and what they leave behind.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.“
— Arundhati Roy