"Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to 'learn.' What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying 'Know thyself."

-- G. I. Gurdjieff

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“We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.”
“Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again.”
“Women are defined by their biography, and men are sacrosanct from their biography.”
“The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions.”
“This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation when it was first raised.”
“Revolution is not a goal in itself.”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl
“As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency-or, rather, Agency-must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without intending to, we have stumbled upon scientific proof of the existence of a Supreme Being? Was it God who stepped in and so providentially crafted the cosmos for our benefit?”

Source : George Greenstein (1988). “The symbiotic universe: life and mind in the cosmos”
“I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.”

Source : Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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