Notable Quotable 51

Feb 07, 2023

The crowd is untruth.

- Soren Kierkegaard

Exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who is demoralised in unable to assess true information.

The facts tell him nothing. Even if I shower him with authentic proof, he will refuse to believe it. That is the tragedy of demoralisation.

- Yuri Bezmenov

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.

- Ayn Rand

Unlimited power in the hands of limited people will always lead to cruelty.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.

- Henry David Thoreau

Why do men learn through pain and suffering, not pleasure and happiness?

Very simply, pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with things in this world, whereas pain and suffering drive one to seek more profound happiness, beyond limitations of this world.

- Fr. Seraphim Rose

Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.

- Confucius

Nothing is sweeter and more addictive than power. The unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar, will sacrifice others himself to get it.

- Bangambiki Habyarimana

It is quite within the bounds of possibility for a man to recognise the relative evil of his nature, but it is a rare and shattering experience for him to gaze into the face of absolute evil.

- Carl Jung

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow lively debate within that spectrum.

- Noam Chomsky