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Far more crucial than what we ...

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.

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The untalented are more at eas...

The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant. In an affluent society, the alienated who clamor for power are largely untalented people who cannot make use of the unprecedented opportunities for self-realization, and cannot escape the confrontation with an ineffectual self.

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When we leave people on their ...

When we leave people on their own, we are delivering them into the hands of a ruthless taskmaster from whose bondage there is no escape. The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

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When watching men of power in ...

When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable 'animated instrument' which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.

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It is not sheer malice that pr...

It is not sheer malice that pricks our ears to evil reports about our fellow men. For there are frequent moments when we feel lower than the lowest of mankind, and this opinion of ourselves isolates us. Hence the rumor that all flesh is base comes almost as a message of hope. It breaks down the wall that has kept us apart, and we feel one with humanity.

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It is perhaps not entirely so,...

It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own image. Rather does he create Him in the image of his cravings and dreams- in the image of what man wants to be. God making could be part of the process by which a society realizes its aspirations: it first embodies them in the conception of a particular God, and then proceeds to imitate that God. The confidence requisite for attempting the unprecedented is most effectively generated by the fiction that in realizing the ne

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It needs some intelligence to ...

It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous.

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To know a person's religion we...

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

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Laughter to begin with was pro...

Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.

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Animals can learn, but it is n...

Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he is supposed to be.

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The central task of education ...

The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.

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In a time of drastic change it...

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

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It is loneliness that makes th...

It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.

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The end comes when we no longe...

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.The remarkable thing is that the cessation of the inner dialogue marks also the end of our concern with the world around us. It is as if we noted the world and think about it only when we have to report it to ourselves.

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It is easier to love humanity ...

It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.

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We probably have a greater lov...

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.

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There is probably an element o...

There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people: we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

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We have rudiments of reverence...

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

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What monstrosities would walk ...

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.

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There is no reason why humanit...

There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.

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