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That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.
“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.”
― The Birth of Tragedy
― The Birth of Tragedy
“If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all.”
― What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
― What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“Now I believe that the increasing mechanization and ‘stupidization’ of most manufacturing processes involve the serious danger of a general degeneration of our organ of intelligence. The more the chances in life of the clever and of the unresponsive worker are equalled out by the repression of handicraft and the spreading of tedious and boring work on the assembly line, the more will a good brain, clever hands and a sharp eye become superfluous. Indeed the unintelligent man, who naturally finds it easier to submit to the boring toil, will be favoured; he is likely to find it easier to thrive, to settle down and to beget offspring. The result may easily amount even to a negative selection as regards talents and gifts.”
― What is Life?
― What is Life?
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