All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more perni...cious than any political organisation. For the latter makes use of violence, the former--of the corruption of the will.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artifi...cial organisation upon the natural organisation of the body.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The relation of the soul to the body is like that of a house to its bricks. The soul is a principle of organisation, which governs... the flesh and endows it with meaning. It is no more separable from the flesh than is the house from its bricks, even if the soul may survive the gradual replacement of every bodily part.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Perhaps I stand now on the eve of a new life, shall watch the sun rise and disappear behind a black cloud extending out into a gre...y sky cover. I shall not be deceived by its glory. If it is to be so, there is work and the influence that work brings, but not happiness. Am I strong enough to face that?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »