[...] when you look at the world, you put on the goggles of custom, habit and tribal wisdom lest the truth make you insane [...] you see the world reflected in your own image; you see yourself reflected to the image of the world [...]
David ZindellIf people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.
J.R.R. TolkienTag: real-life
We walk the brink of racial suicide because we were smart enough to make atomic bombs and stupid enough to use them.
David ZindellTag: real-life
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
Edward de BonoTag: real-life
(...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.
Edward de BonoTag: real-life
Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.
Edward de BonoTag: real-life literature
For our kind, there's always the burning to be more. (...) that is why true human beings feel more pain. Because we are more, but it's never quite enough - never.
David ZindellLife is serious but art is fun!
John IrvingTag: cynicism real-life humour
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you can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth; if you don't care for the truth, watch how you vote. Send guys to war, they come home talking dirty.
Tim O'BrienReal life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.
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