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The Mismeasure of Man

by Stephen Jay Gould

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
― Francis Bacon

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“Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals. ”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

tags: humanity, inspirational

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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
― John Locke

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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein

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