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“The greatest enemy of authority is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.” – Hannah Arendt

25 upvotes • Colinmacus

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“Some people are both healers and harmers— They try to fix everyone they can, but in the end, they have no strength to heal their own selves.” — Franz Kafka

25 upvotes • faeintheshadows

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"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal." -P.J. O'Rourke

24 upvotes • HenryCarvajalZapata

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“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” —Confucius

24 upvotes • Warm_Internet_6045

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"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice." - Albert Einstein

24 upvotes • HenryCarvajalZapata

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"Enagage people with what they expect. It is what they are able to discern & confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds, while you wait for extraordinary moment, that, which they cannot anticipate." - Sun Tzu

23 upvotes • SharpShooterMcgavin2

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"The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise." -Starhawk (1979)

23 upvotes • paz2023

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The price of all growth is pain, but the pain passes and the growth remains. -Maria Popova

21 upvotes • Angry_Melon_Tank

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I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. Robert A. Heinlein

21 upvotes • SamDiep

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Yet it is far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness. -- W. L. Watkinson

21 upvotes • Any-Astronomer-6038

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
“The greatest enemy of authority is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.” – Hannah Arendt	25	Colinmacus
“Some people are both healers and harmers— They try to fix everyone they can, but in the end, they have no strength to heal their own selves.” — Franz Kafka	25	faeintheshadows
"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal." -P.J. O'Rourke	24	HenryCarvajalZapata
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” —Confucius	24	Warm_Internet_6045
"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice." - Albert Einstein	24	HenryCarvajalZapata
"Enagage people with what they expect. It is what they are able to discern & confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds, while you wait for extraordinary moment, that, which they cannot anticipate." - Sun Tzu	23	SharpShooterMcgavin2
"The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise." -Starhawk (1979)	23	paz2023
The price of all growth is pain, but the pain passes and the growth remains. -Maria Popova	21	Angry_Melon_Tank
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. Robert A. Heinlein	21	SamDiep
Yet it is far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness. -- W. L. Watkinson	21	Any-Astronomer-6038