“One of the saddest lessons of history is this:  If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.  The bamboozle has captured us.  It is simply too painful…

“[When] Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology, why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?” Auguste Comte, [Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte] (1798-1857) French philosopher, was the founder of Positivism and Sociology. Source: The Positive…

“All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749-1832) German writer, statesman….

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.” Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992) American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. Source Reference Isaac Asimov Quote

“The grand paradox of our society is this: we magnify man’s right but we minimize his capacities.” Joseph Wood Krutch, (1893-1970) American writer, critic, and naturalist. Source: The Measure of Man, 1954. Source Reference Joseph Wood Krutch Quote

“[Socialism] is a creed even more denigrating than Catholicism, but it offers more tangible bribes for its acceptance.” Auberon Herbert, (1838-1906) English writer, theorist, philosopher, 19th century individualist, member of the Parliament of the U.K. Source Reference Auberon Herbert Quote