Joost A.M. Meerloo: Loyalty to Self as the Basis of Freedom
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"Free man needs loyalty to the self first of all, and this implies the right to be himself"
Joost A.M. Meerloo
Quote by Henry Louis Mencken: Truth, Freedom, and Knowledge
"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
Henry Louis Mencken
Behind Every Beautiful Fur Coat is a Story – Mary Tyler Moore
"Behind every beautiful fur coat, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story."
Mary Tyler Moore
Goethe Quote on Deception: How to Make the Absurd Believable!
"Whoever wants to deceive people must first of all make absurdity plausible."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Quote by Henry Louis Mencken on Money and Motivation
"When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money."
Henry Louis Mencken
Truth and Lie – Henry Louis Mencken
"The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe."
Henry Louis Mencken
Courage to Change One’s Mind – Christian Friedrich Hebbel
"It often takes more courage to change one's mind than to remain true to it."
Christian Friedrich Hebbel
The true art of living – Quote by Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
"The true art of living is to see the miraculous in the mundane"
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Quote by Mark Twain: What Really Gets You Into Trouble
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
Mark Twain
Terence McKenna on Truth and Bullshit – Uncover the Deep Meaning of This Quote!
"The truth does not require your participation to exist. Bullshit does"
Terence McKenna
Plato Quotes: Why Only Few See the Truth Beyond Culture and Lies
"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."
Plato
Voltaire Quotes: Why Innovation Often Faces Resistance – Inspiring Wisdom
"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
Voltaire
Thomas Paine Quotes: Why Time Is More Powerful Than Reason!
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason."
Thomas Paine
Dave Chappelle Quote on Being Awake: Why Clarity Often Feels Lonely
"Being "awake" isn't cool. It means having to dumb down 98% of your conversations every day so you don't sound like a lunatic."
Dave Chappelle
John F. Kennedy’s Powerful Quote on Truth, Myths, and Critical Thinking
"For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
John F. Kennedy