"... he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass[es]."

-- Shang Yang

#Independent Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Conformity Quotes

“There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.”
“True love is that we should hate whatever interferes with our vision of the high and the lowly.”

Source : "Arrive at Easterwine" by R. A. Lafferty, (Ch. 6), 1971.
“Silly me, Mr. Butterfingers.”

Source : "WWE results and recap: Dean Ambrose shining after The Shield's breakup, and more Raw lessons" by Alistair McGeorge, www.mirror.co.uk. June 24, 2014.
“Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody. I guess thatâ€™s the job I do.”
“I couldn't help but see; I wasn't blind. I couldn't help but admire; I wasn't dead”

Source : Lori Handeland (2014). “Rising Moon”, p.29, Lori Handeland
“It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.”

Source : "Federal judge rules Day of Prayer unconstitutional". www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2010.
“You cannot cure sclerosis, but you can forget it.”
“The blood of heroes is closer to the Lord than the ink of scholars and the prayers of the pious.”

Source : Julius Evola (2011). “Metaphysics of War”, p.43, Arktos

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