A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
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Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.Eric Hoffer
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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
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How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization.
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Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.
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When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
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