"We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered..."

-- Nathaniel Branden

#Truth Quotes #Facts Quotes #Dissonance Quotes

“Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking down upon their fellow creatures with contempt, esteeming them as dogs or devils, and imagining themselves beings of superior dignity and importance, to whom all are indebted. This banishes the idea, and unqualifies the mind for the practice of common justice.”

Source : David Rice (1812). “A Kentucky Protest Against Slavery: Slavery Inconsistent with Justice and Good Policy, Proved by a Speech, Delivered in the Convention, Held at Danville, Kentucky”, p.7
“I be goofy, kinda funny. Acting stupid but they love me.”

Source : Song: Just A Kid, Album: I Love Life, Thank You -Mixtape
“You forget your victories, but you remember the losses.”

Source : Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.58, Penguin
“In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.”
“We create our own worlds. We destroy our own worlds. It is that simple..”

Source : Patricia Cornwell (2001). “The Last Precinct: Scarpetta”, p.44, Penguin
“Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.”
“The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him.”
“The medicine of the future will be music and sound.”

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