How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?
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Plato
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
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John Berry
The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment...
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Peter Prange
Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.
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Iain Pears
Enlightenment is not a goal to be attained, it is a state-of-being to be regained.
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Kim Chestney
More Quotes By T. Scott McLeod
Success doesn't come to you you go to it.
We find what's in our own heads.
The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.
You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found.
You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
