If Civilization Has Risen From

[t]hat Is The Triumph Of History - Truth Absolute Is Not At Hand; The Original With Which To Match The Copy Does Not Exist.

The Ever-present Impulse Is To Push Against Restriction And, In So Doing, To Feel Intolerably Hemmed In. Thus In Practice, Every Liberation Increases The Sense Of Oppression. Nor Is The Paradox Merely In The Mind: The Laws Enacted To Secure The Rights Of Every Person And Group, By Creating Protective Boundaries, Create New Barriers.

In Any Assembly The Simplest Way To Stop Transacting Business And Split The Ranks Is To Appeal To A Principle.

In Producers, Loafing Is Productive; And No Creator, Of Whatever Magnitude, Has Ever Been Able To Skip That Stage, Any More Than A Mother Can Skip Gestation.

Everybody Keeps Calling For Excellence - Excellence Not Just In Schooling, Throughout Society. But As Soon As Somebody Or Something Stands Out As Excellent, The Other Shout Goes Up: "elitism!" And Whatever Produced That Thing, Whoever Praises That Result, Is Promptly Put Down. "standing Out" Is Undemocratic.