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Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat.
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“The mind imposes this framework which it calls ‘reality.’ That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report.”
Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.”
Most civilization is based on cowardice. It’s so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.