Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to…

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No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and...

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other...

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

What I fear and desire most in this world is passion. I fear it because...

What I fear and desire most in this world is passion. I fear it because...

Higher education is everybody's rite

Higher education is everybody's rite

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people...

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people...

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

Think for yourself and question authority

Think for yourself and question authority

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed...

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed...

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

The problem is authority. But these Vatican officials seem unable to understand authority except as...

The problem is authority. But these Vatican officials seem unable to understand authority except as...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my...

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my...