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The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.


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Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.



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Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.



To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.



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I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.



Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.



The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.



Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.



In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.



Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.



Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.





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Read and write all the time. Never stop sending out your stuff. If you're constantly writing and sending stuff out, eventually someone will bite.



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