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In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
A lonely fir-tree is standing On a northern barren height; It sleeps, and the ice and snow-drift Cast round it a garment of white.
If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.
Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.
Ask me not what I have, but what I am.