"They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism."

-- Moliere

#Enlightenment Quotes #Blind Quotes #Reason Quotes

“There's a sense that we've obtained from various quarters in the Security Council that the notion of an international tribunal is not really practical. Certainly Indonesia is not convinced, and we get a sense that the rest of the Security Council will need to be convinced about the recommendations.”
“My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole man. ... Where are the life-size-or even pint-size-Benjamin Franklins of today?”
“Writing is the act of creation. Put words on page. Words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to 7-book epic fantasy cycles with books so heavy you could choke a hippo. But don't give writing too much power, either. A wizard controls his magic; it doesn't control him. Push aside lofty notions and embrace the workmanlike aesthetic. Hammers above magic wands; nails above eye-of-newt. The magic will return when you're done. The magic is what you did, not what you're doing.”
“Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.”
“I alone, as the sharer of their way of life, presented a replica of childhood.”

Source : Neal Cassady (1971). “The First Third”, p.47, City Lights Books
“A diet that relies heavily on meat production results in higher emissions than a typical vegetarian diet. Different individuals will make different choices. However, the debate about climate change should not be dumbed down to a single slogan, such as 'give up meat to save the planet.”
“A great number of people in the East German parts had been Nazis, so the change of mind was not altogether there.”
“No psychological message is so open to question as that which tells us that we have nothing left to do or to give.”

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