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Tag: George Bernard Shaw

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The moment we

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

All censorships exist

All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

The fact that

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one.