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(Fairy tales, as G. K. Chesterton once said, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated.)
“You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.
Morpheus, The Matrix”
― The Matrix: The Shooting Script
Morpheus, The Matrix”
― The Matrix: The Shooting Script
“I am not nostalgic. Belonging does not interest me. I had once thought that it did. Until I examined the underpinnings. One is mislead when one looks at the sails and majesty of tall ships instead of their cargo.”
― A Map to the Door of No Return
― A Map to the Door of No Return
“I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it
Morpheus, The Matrix”
― The Matrix: The Shooting Script
Morpheus, The Matrix”
― The Matrix: The Shooting Script
“As a theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858-1947) noted, "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." In other words, science advances by a series of funerals.”
― This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
― This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
“Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.”
― The Matrix: The Shooting Script
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.”
― The Matrix: The Shooting Script
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