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Hendrik Willem van Loon Quotes: A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.
         

A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.


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Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.

Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.



The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.



The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.



An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person.

An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person.



It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.

It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.



Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society.

Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society.



Life means progress, and progress means suffering.

Life means progress, and progress means suffering.



In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma.



On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage of the cave-man.

On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage of the cave-man.





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To be able to create you have to have peace of mind on some level.



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The world stands on absurdities, and without them perhaps nothing at all would happen.



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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.




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