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People need new tools to work with rather than new tools that work for them.


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Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organised to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.

Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organised to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.



We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.



School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.

School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.



The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health.

The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health.



Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.



We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.

We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.



The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.

The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.



School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.

School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.



Schools teach the need to be taught.

Schools teach the need to be taught.



Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.

Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.





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Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

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Failure is not a verdict; making mistakes is the price of the ticket.

Failure is not a verdict; making mistakes is the price of the ticket.



Even evil and evil-doing can be overcome by suggestion.

Even evil and evil-doing can be overcome by suggestion.



For the vlogging channel, I wanted to build the infrastructure and build up all the personalities in a way that felt like weren't just forcing the audience to watch everyone we have.

For the vlogging channel, I wanted to build the infrastructure and build up all the personalities in a way that felt like weren't just forcing the audience to watch everyone we have.



I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.

I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.



The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.

The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.



The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.

The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.



I realize my need to be liked or my need for strangers to rate me well, even with their words and their thoughts, I'm not alone in that, and the whole thing is set up culturally so we feel that way.

I realize my need to be liked or my need for strangers to rate me well, even with their words and their thoughts, I'm not alone in that, and the whole thing is set up culturally so we feel that way.



I do accept at least half of what society in general holds to be right.

I do accept at least half of what society in general holds to be right.




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