"Reason and Knowledge have always played a..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the case. A people is shaped and driven forward by an entirely different kind of force, one which commands and coerces them and the origin of which is obscure and inexplicable despite the reality of its presence.
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“One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong”
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“Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.”
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“Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.”
“We must honor our worthiness in order to receive what we want. In our society we are conditioned to believe that we are not worthy, and that it is even selfish to want to be able to attract things into our lives.”