„Opinions, yes; convictions, no. That is the point of departure for an intellectual pride.“

— Emil M. Cioran

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„The system is not so much the point of departure, as the element in which our arguments have their life.“
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
„Adults have not understood children or adolescents and they are, as a consequence, in continual conflict with them. The remedy is not that adults should gain some new intellectual knowledge or achieve a higher standard of culture. No, they must find a different point of departure. The adult must find within himself the still unknown error that prevents him from seeing the child as he is.“
— Maria Montessori
„The Departure Aria, a very important and romantic song“
— Terry Pratchett
„There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.“
— Tennessee Williams