"The mind is like the stomach. It not……" — Albert J. Nock
"The mind is like the stomach. It not how much you put into it, but how much it digests."
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50 Quotes by Albert J. Nock
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it…
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You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever…
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When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say,…
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It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the…
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When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our…
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The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition…
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It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of…
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The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them…
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As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it cannot even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to…
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The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the…
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it…
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The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal…
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The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the…
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A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the…
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I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests…
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We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines…
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A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
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A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even…
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There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book…
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The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much…
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