We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them.

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Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between...

Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between...

People will either like you for your money or they'll resent you for having it.....

People will either like you for your money or they'll resent you for having it.....

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a...

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a...

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will...

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman...

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve

When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

When you want it, you cant get it, and when you get it, you dont...

When you want it, you cant get it, and when you get it, you dont...

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is...

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...