„Most people in reasoning, dear Phaedrus, use notions that not only are “ready-made,” but have actually been made by nobody. No one is responsible for them, and so they serve everyone badly.“

— Paul Valéry

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„Each of us has been made “a little lower than the angels.” What an incomprehensible compliment! But it’s not only a compliment; it’s also a responsibility, for our special status equalizes us with other people in the eyes of God. The Lord has exalted not only me or some special group; God has exalted everyone. It’s the people of Burkina Faso and Niger and Guyana and Haiti. It’s people who never learned to read and write or who live on fifty cents a day. All human beings have been made a little lower than the angels, and we have a responsibility to treat them accordingly.“
— Jimmy Carter
„There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.“
— Bjarne Stroustrup