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The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the
continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather read more
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the
continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the illusion of
knowledge.
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.
The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.
The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.
Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed read more
Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
