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One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

— Georg Büchner Lenz (1835)

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They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.

Leonce and Lena (1838)

The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

The power of the people and the power of reason are one.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?

Leonce and Lena (1838)

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There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

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Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

Martin Buber Power and Love (1926)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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