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...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; read more
...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination.
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In read more
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for read more
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.rn
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
