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“Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.

{Letter to his son and 6th US president, John Quincy Adams, November 13 1816}”
― John Adams , The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

tags: dogmatism, john-quincy-adams, superstition

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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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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

tags: inspirational, religion

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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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“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
― Herman Hesse

tags: steppenwolf

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Books I Loathed — 1958 members — last activity Jul 05, 2026 05:52AM
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more

Fiction parodies — 59 members — last activity Apr 11, 2017 12:18AM
Add your parody of a novel, fiction writer, or short story published in the past 100 years (it is now 2014)

Joseph Campbell discussion group — 96 members — last activity May 30, 2023 12:36PM
Discussion about Joseph Campbell and his work and mythological meaning for today.

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