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The tremendous Trans-Appalachian empire between the mountains and the Mississippi was won almost unnoticed by the people on the coast.
“If this represents a basic need for order in the human mind and since, after all, the human mind is only part of the universe, the need probably exists because there is some order in the universe and the universe is not a chaos.”
― Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
― Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
“It is necessary to guard ourselves from thinking that the practice of the scientific method enlarges the powers of the human mind. Nothing is more flatly contradicted by experience than the belief that a man distinguished in one or even more departments of science, is more likely to think sensibly about ordinary affairs than anyone else. Wilfred Trotter”
― The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek Book 1)
― The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek Book 1)
“God was not doing much at this juncture for his chosen people. Perhaps he was busy in some other corner of the world, or perhaps he wanted to let the people know they weren't so chosen after all? If a person can't trust the gods, how can he trust other people?”
― Gec i Majer; Kontrolni punkt
― Gec i Majer; Kontrolni punkt
“We mortals are the immortals' work battalion.”
― Report to Greco
― Report to Greco
“The secret lies in the method of work; in taking advantage of as much time as possible for the activity; in not retiring for the day until at least two or three hours are dedicated to the task; in wisely constructing a dike in front of the intellectual dispersion and waste of time required by social activity; and finally, in avoiding as much as possible the malicious gossip of the café and other entertainment—which squanders our nervous energy (sometimes even causing disgust) and draws us away from our main task with childish conceits and futile pursuits.”
― Advice for a Young Investigator
― Advice for a Young Investigator
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