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restore the outward view. Such a landscape as this one turns you inward in search for whatever freedom your spirits can find within. Most humans are not strong enough to find freedom within.”
“Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility.”
when you think you know something, that is a most perfect barrier against learning?”
“This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”
Privilege becomes arrogance. Arrogance promotes injustice. The seeds of ruin blossom.
The relativist treats a paradox merely as interesting, perhaps amusing or even, dreadful thought, educational.”
“Argument closes off the doors of the senses,” he said, lowering himself back to the surface. “It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence. I have no violent intentions toward you.” “What do you mean—desire, data and doubt?” “Desire brings the participants together. Data set the limits of their dialogue. Doubt frames the questions.”
Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.”
He has learned that it is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.”
