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"“Thus the social power becomes the private power of private persons. Ancient society therefore denounced [money] as tending to destroy the economic and moral order. Modern society, which already in its infancy had pulled Pluto by the hair of his head from the bowels of the earth, greets gold as its Holy Grail, as the glittering incarnation of its innermost principle of life.” Go off, Marx" — Jun 06, 2026 10:29AM
"“Thus the social power becomes the private power of private persons. Ancient society therefore denounced [money] as tending to destroy the economic and moral order. Modern society, which already in its infancy had pulled Pluto by the hair of his head from the bowels of the earth, greets gold as its Holy Grail, as the glittering incarnation of its innermost principle of life.” Go off, Marx" — Jun 06, 2026 10:29AM
“Pragmatism is but an experience, and idealism is but a dream. If we live solely by the force of experience, we fall captive to our limita-tions, and if we live solely by the force of dreams we fall captive to delusion.”
― The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
― The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
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“No man’s religion is better than his politics”
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“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”
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“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
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