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“There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.”
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“Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social enviornment.”
― The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
― The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
“Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“We're all mad here. Im mad. You're mad”
― Alice in Wonderland
― Alice in Wonderland
“Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere down in the sub-basement, keeping those foundations in good repair. Nobody much cares what brand of intellectual duct tape is being used.”
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