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Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for read more
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not read more
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting read more
Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting . It is the last socially acceptable prejudice.
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to read more
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and an invisible labor.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and an invisible labor.
