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“The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?"
"You might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons–that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to.”
― Brave New World
"You might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons–that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to.”
― Brave New World
“You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.”
― Survivor
― Survivor
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“There is a way to be good again...”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
― 1984
― 1984
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