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All rebellions are ordinary and an ultimate bore. They are copied out of the same pattern, one much like another. The driving force is adrenalin addiction and the desire to gain personal power. All rebels are closet aristocrats.
Moneo sat back, thinking of a thing the God Emperor had once said: “No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.”
But the truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.
Be deaf! You do not need to hear or, hearing, you do not need to remember. How soothing it is to forget.
The problem of leadership is inevitably: Who will play God?
when you think you know something, that is a most perfect barrier against learning?”
Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.”
You have square thoughts which resist circles.
