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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
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There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.
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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.
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Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.
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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.
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Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.
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I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.
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Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere.
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Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.
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Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.
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