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Books
"The books which help you most are those which make you think the most." – Theodore Parker "The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame." – Oscar Wilde "Don't join the … Continue reading
Chaos
"Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds." – George Santayana "For life is at the start a chaos in which one is lost. The individual suspects this, but he is frightened of finding himself … Continue reading
Doublethink
"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." – George Orwell "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the … Continue reading
Dungeon
"In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to forget their existence, and the buried… prisoners whom they hide. But sometimes, and oftenest at … Continue reading
Ideas
"The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas." – Dr. Linus Pauling "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." … Continue reading
Insomnia
"It's at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull. I don't know if anyone has ever pointed out … Continue reading
Memes
"One of the most important new ideas of our times is that of 'memes,' – the vision of ideas as autonomous entities, leaping from brain to brain in much the same way that viruses leap from body to body, spreading … Continue reading
Misunderstood
"Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood." – H. L. Mencken "Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath." – Jonathan … Continue reading
New Ideas
"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds." – Mark Twain "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." – John Cage
Prisoners
"The prisoner is not the one who has committed a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over." – Henry Miller "A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may … Continue reading
