“Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons” – Michael Jackson
“Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.”
Michael Jackson
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Quote by Allan Bloom on Cultural Ignorance and Civilizations
“We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished.”
Allan Bloom
Karl Popper Quote on Study Motivation and Acquisition of Knowledge
“Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for his subject and for inquiry, he is encouraged to study for the sake of his personal career; he is led to acquire only such knowledge as is serviceable in getting him over the hurdles which he must clear for the sake of his advancement.”
Karl Popper
Chris Hedges on Education, Critical Thinking, and Compassion
“We’ve bought into the idea that education is about training and “success,” defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.”
Chris Hedges
Karl Popper: The Importance of Falsifiability in Science
“A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.”
Karl Popper
“Intelligence Consists in Ignoring the Irrelevant” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Michael Jackson Quote About Self-Belief and Positive Energy
“Always believe in yourself. No matter who’s around you being negative or thrusting negative energy at you, totally block it off. Because whatever you believe, you become.”
Michael Jackson
Fear and Control: Chris Hedges on Corporations and Permanent War
“The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear means we will not ask unpleasant questions of those in power. Fear permits the government to operate in secret. Fear means we are willing to give up our rights and liberties for promises of security. The imposition of fear ensures that the corporations that wrecked the country cannot be challenged. Fear keeps us penned in like livestock.”
Chris Hedges
Ben Carson on Media, Sports and Developing the Mind
“Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave. You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.”
Ben Carson
“All of us are products of our childhood” – Michael Jackson
“All of us are products of our childhood.”
Michael Jackson