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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.
It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.
Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of read more
Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach. Avoid a frontal attack on a long established position; instead, seek to turn it by flank movement, so that a more penetrable side is exposed to the thrust of truth. But, in any such indirect approach, take care not to diverge from the truth- for nothing is more fatal to its real advancement than to lapse into untruth.
There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.
There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.
Irony is the hygiene of the mind.
Irony is the hygiene of the mind.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.