All Quotes By Tag: Dominion
“The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her. It had been answered long, long ago, claimed Moss; man’s very essence lay in the fact that he had elected to command. But to Stenham that seemed a shallow reply. To him wisdom consisted in the conscious and joyous obedience to natural laws, yet when he had said that to Moss, Moss had laughed pityingly. ‘My dear man, wisdom is a primitive concept,’ he had told him. ‘What we want now is knowledge.’ Only great disillusionment could make a man say such a thing, Stenham believed.”
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“To break yourself loose from the dominion, rulership and manipulation of the devil, you have to embrace light (knowledge).”
“To break yourself loose from the dominion, ruler-ship and manipulation of the devil, you have to embrace light (knowledge).”
“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”
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“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.”
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“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself.”
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