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Education doesn't make you smarter.


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The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.



It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.



You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.



Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.



Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.



The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.



To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.



That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life

That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life



Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.



If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.

If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.





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The American political system is like fast food--mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things...and everybody wants some.

The American political system is like fast food--mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things...and everybody wants some.



It is love not reason that is stronger than death.

It is love not reason that is stronger than death.



I eliminated coffee and fish from my diet. The pesticides in coffee and fish, as well as the mercury in the latter, are considered possible contributors to birth defects in fetal tissue.

I eliminated coffee and fish from my diet. The pesticides in coffee and fish, as well as the mercury in the latter, are considered possible contributors to birth defects in fetal tissue.



We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.



Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.

Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.



I always feel happy when I'm making smart decisions with food - instead of focusing on what I shouldn't eat, I focus on what I should eat. It's all about being happy and feeling good!

I always feel happy when I'm making smart decisions with food - instead of focusing on what I shouldn't eat, I focus on what I should eat. It's all about being happy and feeling good!



Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.



Perhaps it had nothing to do with sin and everything to do with sociopathy, that most incurable of human disorders because all so afflicted consider themselves blessed rather than cursed.

Perhaps it had nothing to do with sin and everything to do with sociopathy, that most incurable of human disorders because all so afflicted consider themselves blessed rather than cursed.



He who reforms, God assists.

He who reforms, God assists.



Without passion, any rational person would give up!

Without passion, any rational person would give up!




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