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Politics (n.) is the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.
Politics (n.) is not able to be built on love. It's too disordered... they prefer despotism, as too much freedom breeds chaos.
Reading (n.) is like eating without digesting when one reads without reflecting.
Night (n.) is a tunnel, a hole into tomorrow.
Intelligence (n.) is that elusive quality defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.
Intelligence (n.) is a thing for which education is no substitute.
Intelligence (n.) takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.
Equality (n.) is a thing which any attempt to create creates a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers.
Prison (n.) is nothing but job insurance for the courts and the police, offering the illusion that they are effective.
Oppression (n.) is a process whereby the oppressed is always learning from and copying the oppressor so that when the tables are turned, the roles are reversed, and reversed, and reversed ad nauseam.
Love (n.) is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species.
Life (n.) is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play.
Life (n.) is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.
Life (n.) is a mystery, but not as a problem to solve, but as a reality to experience.
Life (n.) is, for most people, a flight from selfhood into the horse stable where they stick their heads in the feedbag, munching contentedly on the truths of the stable until they die, never lifting their head to look outside once.
Truth (n.) is much sought after, but dangerous to the seeker, as it often demands that we make painful changes.
The Truth (n.) always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.
Truth (n.) suffers from too much analysis.