Titon Rahmawan

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Titon Rahmawan is an Indonesian's writer, his published novel entitled "Turquoise" (Escaeva, 2008). Apart from writing novels, he also writes quotes and poetry.

“What does it mean to be human without human values?”

Titon Rahmawan

#Human Values

“The only way is not humans to come to find the truth. Because if so, then they will get lost. How can humans find what they don't know? Therefore, humans are only possible to let the truth come knocking on the door so that they get enlightenment. They become blessed. Not by his own will, but because of the desire of the truth itself.”

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#Truth

“I won't be understood if I don't have a goal. Has no motive. Not to expose the truth. Not also to be judged. But from the beginning I knew and realized, I would not be easy to understand.”

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Goal or motive

“We will not find happiness in the things we think are ideal and which we think are perfect. Because there is not a single perfection in human life. There are only imperfections. Those who can feel happiness, are those who find beauty in their own imperfections and in others. Happy people are people who are grateful for all their shortcomings”

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#happiness

“The heaviest burden of our human side is not sin. Because heaven or hell is a choice that we create ourselves. The heaviest burden of our humanity is the ego. how can we defeat and subdue the personal ego. Sin is just a condition and consequence of the wrong life choices. It is impossible for us to separate that consequences from the interests of our personal egos.”

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#ego

“Only people with fake personalities who want to edit their own appearance.”

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#fake personalities

“God is in the breath of the writers. God is in every stroke of the pen.”

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#Writers

“When humanity is gone, what is left?”

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#Humanity

“People often don't talk about other people's thoughts and feelings. Many people don't even care. And when they do, they usually speak from a completely different point of view. How difficult it is for us to escape from the prison of subjectivity. From personal ego. From prejudice and assessment of profit and loss which basically only puts forward self-interest. How difficult it is to accept other people without having to consider who they really are. Why can't we escape from the burden of selflessness. Why is it difficult to do good solely for the good itself.”

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#Subjectivity

“Often we don't realize how God has given us an extraordinary miracle, namely love that can touch anyone. Where there is love, that's where the miracle happens.”

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#Miracle of love

“It was not the freedom of imagination that pushed me to go beyond the boundaries of what my humanity meant. Rather it is reality itself which affirms that I am nothing less than an ordinary human being. In other words, as freely as birds fly in the sky, at one time they need reality as a place to stand on.”

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#Imagination and reality

“We cannot refuse destiny. We can't avoid it either. There is no place for us to hide. Whichever path you choose, he will find you.”

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#Destiny

“The sadness within ourselves should teach us to be empathetic, that there is the sadness of others who may be so much bigger than ours, that we cannot even bear it.”

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#The sadness

“But we never want to talk about sadness without leaving a scar. We don't even realize that behind the wound inside the oyster's body is a beautiful pearl.”

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#The sadness

“The burden of desire makes man a slave of his own will.”

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#Desire

“A good book changing lives. A good writer inspires.”

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#book and writer

“How difficult people appreciate the virtues of others. On the contrary how easily people are infected by the virus of hatred.”

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#virus of hatred

“Nothing lasts forever, including love. And therefore it must be renewed from time to time in order to become firm and stronger, so as not to become bland”

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#nothing lasts forever

“Solidarity is not just an awareness of what it means to be together. It does not have to exist solely because of common goals or interests. Solidarity should be born as a form of appreciation.”

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