...Past joys and achievements give us the outlines of how to get to a state of happiness again. That memory is a treasure that can never be taken away. At least we know where we were, what we have lost, what we miss and what more to add to our experiences. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
… a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
...Hope is a ridiculous failing that we need to harbour in order to lead a serene life… Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
...No reformer is worthy of the name if he fails to be the ultimate pacesetter in his own reform drive... Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
...An ethnically heterogeneous society without a unifying hero is bound to be torn apart by internal strife. Only a man capable of bringing about a workable consensus between the diverse people is truly a hero. Such a man has to be a true disciple of peace, unity, solidarity and justice. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest.... Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
...There is no worse way to abuse a man’s patriotism than to estrange him from his homeland, be it his ancestral or adopted land... Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The good ones put your character to the flame and burn away all the rest of the shit until you come out a better you. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
We weren’t happy together but we lived in a state of easy, mild contentment. We shared everything except the stupid fucking secret hanging round your neck. I imagined tiny photographs: portraits in sepia of your parents, their faces partially obscured by goitres. Meanwhile, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not next year, maybe not even in a decade from now but one day: the planet would fall apart. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>