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Most Believe That A Satisfactory Future Requires A Return To An Idealized Past, A Past Which Never In Fact Existed.

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Words Are Such Gross Machinery, So Primitive And Ambiguous.

A Stone Is Heavy And The Sand Is Weighty; But A Fool's Wrath Is Heavier Than Them Both.

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That Is One Of The Law's Purposes, Of Course: To Test The Qualities Of Those Who Choose To Employ It.

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Words Can Carry Any Burden We Wish. All That's Required Is Agreement And A Tradition Upon Which To Build.

The Vision Of Time Is Broad, But When You Pass Through It, Time Becomes A Narrow Door.

To Suspect Your Own Mortality Is To Know The Beginning Of Terror, To Learn Irrefutably That You Are Mortal Is To Know The End Of Terror.

I Must Not Fear. Fear Is The Mind-killer. Fear Is The Little-death That Brings Total Obliteration. I Will Face My Fear. I Will Permit It To Pass Over Me And Through Me. And When It Has Gone Past I Will Turn The Inner Eye To See Its Path. Where The Fear Has Gone There Will Be Nothing. Only I Will Remain.

The Young Reed Dies So Easily. Beginnings Are Times Of Great Peril.

Much That Was Called Religion Has Carried An Unconscious Attitude Of Hostility Toward Life. True Religion Must Teach That Life Is Filled With Joys Pleasing To The Eye Of God, That Knowledge Without Action Is Empty. All Men Must See That The Teaching Of Religion By Rules And Rote Is Largely A Hoax. The Proper Teaching Is Recognized With Ease. You Can Know It Without Fail Because It Awakens Within You That Sensation Which Tells You This Is Something You’ve Always Known.

The Whole Universe Sat There, Open To The Man Who Could Make The Right Decisions.

Thinking You Know Something Is A Sure Way To Blind Yourself.

A World Is Supported By Four Things: The Learning Of Wise, The Justice Of Great, The Prayers Of The Righteous And The Valor Of The Brave. But All Of These Are As Nothing Without A Ruler Who Knows The Art Of Ruling.

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People Don't Vote. Instinct Tells Them It's Useless.

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