It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling...

Quote by VS Naipaul

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody,...

In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody,...

In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage,...

In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage,...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a...

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather...

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather...

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with...

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with...

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.