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John N. Gray quotes: Ordinary language was a form of life that needed - and permitted - nothing beyond itself. Humans were figures in a world they had themselves made.

Ordinary language was a form of life that needed - and permitted - nothing beyond itself. Humans were figures in a world they had themselves made.

John N. Gray quotes: What is so admirable in being ruled by a need for peace of mind ?

What is so admirable in being ruled by a need for peace of mind ?

John N. Gray quotes: Life was indeed cruel; but it was better to glorify the Will than deny it.

Life was indeed cruel; but it was better to glorify the Will than deny it.

John N. Gray quotes: Books can inspire you to love yourself more, but by listening to, writing out, or verbally expressing your feelings you are actually doing it.

Books can inspire you to love yourself more, but by listening to, writing out, or verbally expressing your feelings you are actually doing it.

John N. Gray quotes: Dickens enjoyed human beings as he found them, unregenerate, peculiar and incorrigibly themselves.

Dickens enjoyed human beings as he found them, unregenerate, peculiar and incorrigibly themselves.

John N. Gray quotes: From being a movement aiming for universal freedom, communism turned into a system of universal despotism. That is the logic of utopia.

From being a movement aiming for universal freedom, communism turned into a system of universal despotism. That is the logic of utopia.

John N. Gray quotes: Human knowledge is one thing, human wellbeing another. There is no predetermined harmony between the two. The examined life may not be worth living.

Human knowledge is one thing, human wellbeing another. There is no predetermined harmony between the two. The examined life may not be worth living.

John N. Gray quotes: It is not what we say that hurts but how we say it.

It is not what we say that hurts but how we say it.

John N. Gray quotes: To think of humans as freedom-loving, you must be ready to view nearly all of history as a mistake.

To think of humans as freedom-loving, you must be ready to view nearly all of history as a mistake.

John N. Gray quotes: Alone among the animals, humans seek meaning in their lives by killing and dying for the sake of nonsensical dreams.

Alone among the animals, humans seek meaning in their lives by killing and dying for the sake of nonsensical dreams.

John N. Gray quotes: Polytheism is too delicate a way of thinking for modern minds.

Polytheism is too delicate a way of thinking for modern minds.

John N. Gray quotes: humankind's presence on Earth is nothing but a cancer

humankind's presence on Earth is nothing but a cancer