Abraham Myerson quotes

“We need a way of life in which the animal, guided by reason, may romp but will not bite.”
-- Abraham Myerson

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“Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.”
-- Abraham Myerson

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“Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.”
-- Abraham Myerson

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“Man uses his intelligence less in the care of his own species than he does in his care of anything else he owns or governs.”
-- Abraham Myerson

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“The more ignorant the authority, the more dogmatic it is. In the fields where no real knowledge is even possible, the authorities are the fiercest and most assured and punish non-belief with the severest of penalties.”
-- Abraham Myerson

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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.”

“Life is just a chance to grow a soul.”

“If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts... remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.”

“A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.

“I hear it's better to use animal products than synthetics, which are harmful to humans and the earth... but destroying one segment of the creation to allegedly save another is the idea of fools!!!”

“Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.”

“It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.”

“Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?”