Accepting Quote by Sidney Hook

“No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step.”

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To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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