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			 When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.  
	 When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored. 
		
 
	
			 The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort read more 
	 The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort of impassioned proofreader, blue-penciling the bad spelling of God. 
		
 
	
			 Instinct is the nose of the mind.  
	 Instinct is the nose of the mind. 
		
 
	
			 In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, read more 
	 In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues. 
		
 
	
			 Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.  
	 Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. 
		
 
	
			 We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.  
	 We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. 
		
 
	
			 There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.  
	 There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom. 
		
 
	
			 Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as read more 
	 Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking. 
		
 
	
			 Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge read more 
	 Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier. Many ideas- probably most- will have to be discarded somewhere in the process of producing authenticated knowledge. Authentication is as important as the raw information itself, and the manner and speed of the authentication process can be crucial...