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    What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?

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In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

by Louis Pasteur Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

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In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions read more

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.

by Jean Baudrillard Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

by Al Neuharth Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

by Ilya G. Ehrenburg Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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You can only be free if I am free.

You can only be free if I am free.

by Clarence Darrow Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

by Sallust Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

by Sir Edwin Arnold Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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