Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

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Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

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He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. Commitment is an act, not a word.

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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

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Two people can form a community by excluding a third.

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Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

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Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.

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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

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I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.

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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

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