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- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or…
- Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind except…
- If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably will not grow much from reading…
- The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad,…
- All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in…
- All genuine learning is active, not passive.
- The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.
- Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us…
- All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.
- If you are reading in order to become a better reader, you cannot read just any book or article. You will not improve as a…
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman