Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death |
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. |
Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every asylum: one man will think that he is the Governor of the Bank of England, another will think he is the King, and yet another will think he is God. |
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact |
Men, quite ordinary men, will compel children to look on while their mothers are raped. In pursuit of political aims men will submit their opponents to long years of unspeakable anguish |
Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery |
More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given |
More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given |
Most people would rather die than think: many do. |
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. |
Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires |
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. |
My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors carefully. |
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. |
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. |