“You survived not to live on
your time is short, you have to give a proof of truth”
Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998) Polish writer
Message of Mr. Cogito.
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“Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.”
Source: Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein and the Poet (1983), p. 142
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