

“That evening, before he went to bed, he said again: "Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters it what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables

“The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world.”
― Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
― Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.”
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“Insecurity cuts deeper and extends more widely than bare unemployment. Fear of loss of work, dread of the oncoming of old age, create anxiety and eat into self-respect in a way that impairs personal dignity.”
― Individualism Old and New
― Individualism Old and New

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