Quote by Allan Bloom about the Spirit in America
“The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America.”
Allan Bloom
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“Man-Made Horrors” – Quote by Nikola Tesla
“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.”
Nikola Tesla
Alan Kay on Companies and Research Labs
“Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it.”
Alan Kay
Respect and Dignity for Every Person – Ben Carson
“Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.”
Ben Carson
Quote by Karl Popper on Trial and Error and Knowledge
“The difference between the amoeba and Einstein is that, although both make use of the method of trial and error elimination, the amoeba dislikes erring while Einstein is intrigued by it.”
Karl Popper
Danger of Human Hubris – Quote by Chris Hedges
“The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of religion, science or reason, imagine that we can free ourselves from the limitations of human nature and perfect the human species.”
Chris Hedges
Aldous Huxley Quote on Chronic Remorse and Morality
“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”
Aldous Huxley
Noam Chomsky Quote on Intellectual Tradition
“The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.”
Noam Chomsky
Travel Quote by Aldous Huxley – About Prejudices and Discoveries
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”
Aldous Huxley
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche on Death and Life
“Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.”
Friedrich Nietzsche