"Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity... We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion."

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Source : "The Lost World". Book by Michael Crichton, 1995.

Michael Crichton

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Views Quotes

“And the great question for mankind is what is to be loved or hated next, whenever and old love or fear has lost its hold.”
“Again, most of the chief distinctions marked by economic terms are differences not of kind but of degree.”
“Your teammates see you through the good and the bad. They see where your foundation lies.”
“I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally make up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks; - and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck.”
“There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten.”
“We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.”
“I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.”
“He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts”

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