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Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. ”
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. ”
Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made the ancient learned affirm it was a divine, and no human skill, since all other knowledges lie ready for any that have strength of wit; a poet no industry can make, if his own genius be not carried into it. ”
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. ”
The sole equality on earth is death. ”
Briefly, to program it requires an absolute understanding of how all 65,536 processors are interconnected. ”
Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions. ”
My message is to get human beings to love God, love their neighbor and for the life of me I just don't see the downside of human beings not being so mean to one another and actually care for one another and not steal from one another and not murder each other for their tennis shoes. That's the message I have. ”
I've certainly thought a lot more about things like tyranny and patriotism and violence. I think I found some kind of clarity - definitely a thicker understanding. ”
I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans. ”