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“Live by the 'foma’ [harmless untruths] that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”
Speaker: Kurt VonnegutSource: Cat's CradlePosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 8:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
“Live by the 'foma’ [harmless untruths] that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”
Intellectual pride is more basic and serious than either social or material pride. We know we can lose our prestige or our possessions. They are external. But when the problem lies in our very thinking and we are unaware of that fact, what then?