The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and read more

The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and permanent calm.

The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.

Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.

Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.

If the gods do evil then they are not gods.

If the gods do evil then they are not gods.

The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.

The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.

None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.

None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.

And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are read more

And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps.

You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.

You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.