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To some extent the romantic condemnation of rationality stems from the very effectiveness of rationality in uplifting men from primitive conditions.
— Robert M. Pirsig
The basic postulate from which I start is that the goal of the social sciences is the liberation of man.
— Jon Elster
Reduction is at the heart of progress in science.
— Jon Elster
Don't try to make them happy, you'll only get in trouble. Don't try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it irritates the pig.
— Anthony De Mello
Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Changing my name was meant to inspire and bring youth together all around the world,
— Metta World Peace
Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.
— Jon Elster
My Cup"
They tell me I am going to die.
Why don't I seem to care?
My cup is full. Let it spill — Robert Friend
They tell me I am going to die.
Why don't I seem to care?
My cup is full. Let it spill — Robert Friend
I have candy around my bed. I just kinda like reach over and eat it and then go back to sleep, no problem.
— Lamar Odom
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there.
At least that's what I would choose to believe. — Barack Obama
At least that's what I would choose to believe. — Barack Obama
Most people who go to Rajasthan go to Udaipur, Jodhpur or Jaipur.
— Gautam Singhania
Knowing that one may be subject to bias is one thing; being able to correct it is another.
— Jon Elster