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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Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

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...

Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us,...

Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us,...

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,...

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...

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 any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it,...

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

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...

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

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...

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make...

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make...

Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him.

Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him.

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and...

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and...