“The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.”
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“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
― Discourse on Method
― Discourse on Method
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
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“A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.”
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“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”
― The American Crisis
― The American Crisis
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