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    The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

    Hope | Hopeless | Viewpoint


    When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

    Death | Words | Throat


    A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

    Worst | Turn | Finished


    This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

    Humane | Inhuman


    The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.

    Evolution | Seen | Grand


    Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

    Freedom | Becoming | State


    Power is paradoxical.

    Power


    The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

    Control | Hunger | Birth


    World history is tragic.

    History | Tragic


    For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

    Fiction | Order | Rational


    It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

    Coffee | Jury | Cup


    A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

    Ready | State | Calls


    The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

    Individual | Dissent | Claim


    The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

    Animals | Difference | Pray


    The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

    Worst | Possible | Turn


    Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

    Death | Die | Dead


    So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

    Fear | Art | Learn


    Human life is beyond comprehension.

    Life | Beyond


    The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.

    Art | Good | Cuisine


    Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

    Act | Resistance | Cost


       

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