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“In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.”
“Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.”
“Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.”
“Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.”
“Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.”
“Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.”
“The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.”
“No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.”
“Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.”
“Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.”
“The real violence is committed in the writing of history, the records of the legal system, the reporting of news, through the manipulation of social contracts, and the control of information.”
“There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.”
“Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.”
“The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.”
“There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.”
“The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.”
“Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.”
“Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.”
“It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.”
“No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.”