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If you want to change society then you must tell an alternative story.


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Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organised to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.

Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organised to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.



We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.



School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.

School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.



The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health.

The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health.



Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.



We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.

We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.



The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.

The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.



School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.

School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.



Schools teach the need to be taught.

Schools teach the need to be taught.



Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.

Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.





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Hard work is the key to any achievement.

Hard work is the key to any achievement.



The ultimate aim of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) is to create a one-world socialist system, and to make the U.S. an official part of it.

The ultimate aim of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) is to create a one-world socialist system, and to make the U.S. an official part of it.



This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.



English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.



Always remember who you are. Know that you are never required to apologize to anyone for being yourself.

Always remember who you are. Know that you are never required to apologize to anyone for being yourself.



A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.



Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.



I don't mind suffering as long as it's really about something. I don't mind great luck, if it's about something. If it's the hollow stuff, then there's no gift, one way or the other.

I don't mind suffering as long as it's really about something. I don't mind great luck, if it's about something. If it's the hollow stuff, then there's no gift, one way or the other.



The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation.

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation.



The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down and die.

The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down and die.




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