"Atlas was permitted the opinion that he..." - Quote by Franz Kafka
Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.
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More on Freedom
“The future is the only kind of property that the masters willingly concede to the slaves.”
“Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the race, and the nation must go down.”
“We assert that in those areas where the government is either unable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of our people, that our peopie are within our rights to protect themselves by whatever means necessary.”
More on Limitation
“It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.”
“Any conclusion you reach about yourself has to be an unseen limitation because there's always more to see.”
“Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.”