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Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind ... when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement, is the normal state of the animal kingdom. Only conscious organization of social production, in which production and distribution are carried on in a planned way, can lift mankind above the rest of the animal. ↗

— Friedrick Engels

#democracy #engelism #free-thinker #free-thought #freedom

I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine. ↗

— Karl von Frisch

#grammar #grammar school #i #later #medicine

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the first time I really felt the group was really a band in the sense of something I could write for. ↗

— Fred Frith

#band #could #couple #felt #first

The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped. ↗

— Robert Fritz

#activate #choice #choices #create #creation

Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and I'll show you one who eats. ↗

— Bruce Froemming

#dieting #eats #i #man #me

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough. ↗

— Al From

#doubt #govern #people #republicans #show

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#feel #insecurity #must #ourselves #secure

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. ↗

— Criss Jami

#falsehood #fool #foolish #genius #honesty

Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friendship

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#ladder #mask #social #thicker #wears