"Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall."

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Source : Yevgeny Zamyatin (1993). “We: New Edition”, p.52, Penguin

Yevgeny Zamyatin

#Wall Quotes #Knowledge Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Some of us want the crown before the cross.”
“The so-called right to privacy, as it were, is no longer a right inasmuch as it is now a privilege, to be enjoyed until it is torn away at a momentâ€™s notice.”
“Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.”
“It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.”
“Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.”
“There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.”
“Crime is increasing, trigger happy policing. Panic is spreading, God knows where we're heading.”

Source : Song: Inner City Blues, Album: What's Going On, 1971
“Don't let anybody take your manhood.”

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