I must create a system
“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s.”
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Human beings are compelled to live within
“Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary masterplan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people’s own failure as individuals.” Václav Havel
One man’s justice is another’s
“One man’s justice is another’s injustice; one man’s beauty another’s ugliness; one man’s wisdom another’s folly.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man’s minds about to religion.” Sir Francis Bacon