The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.
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To think is to differ.
To think is to differ.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.
Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.
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All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.
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We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater weight than our self-interest.
Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.
Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.
