

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring

“No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart.”
― Childhood’s End
― Childhood’s End
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
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