“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
“Close your mouth,
block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is the primal identity.”
― Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary
block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is the primal identity.”
― Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary
“All these words from the seller, but not one word from the sold. The Kings and Captains whose words moved ships. But not one word from the cargo. The thoughts of the “black ivory,” the “coin of Africa,” had no market value. Africa’s ambassadors to the New World have come and worked and died, and left their spoor, but no recorded thought.”
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
“Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement.”
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