

“The Whites have carried to these (colonial) people the worst that they could carry: the plagues of the world: materialism, fanaticism, alcoholism, and syphilis. Moreover, since what these people possessed on their own was superior to anything we could give them, they have remained themselves... The sole result of the activity of the colonizers is: they have everywhere aroused hatred.”
― The Political Testament of Adolf Hitler by Hitler: Recorded by Martin Bormann
― The Political Testament of Adolf Hitler by Hitler: Recorded by Martin Bormann

“It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”
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“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
― Calculating God
― Calculating God

“A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.”
― Checker and the Derailleurs
― Checker and the Derailleurs

“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
― Familiar letters
― Familiar letters
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