Every age, every generation has its built in assumptions, that the world is flat, that the world is round etc. There are hundreds of hidden assumptions, things we take for granted, that may or may not be true. Of-course in the vast majority of cases historically, these things aren__ true. So presumably, if history is any guide, much about what we take for granted about the world simply isn__ true. But we__e locked into these precepts without even knowing it. That__ a paradigm.
He used to annoy me with sophistry that we all chose our destiny. Then one day I told him that that__ great when fate offers you a nice set of destinies to choose from, but when you find yourself choosing between risking being raped, tortured and killed, or moving to another country to live like an alien without tongue, money or understanding, you are buggered either way. And that__ not even to mention how easily he could navigate through the mine filed of his mistakes...
Quote Detail
He used to annoy me with sophistry that we all chose our destiny. Then one day I told him that that__ great when fate offers you a nice set of destinies to choose from, but when you find yourself choosing between risking being raped, tortured and killed, or moving to another country to live like an alien without tongue, money or understanding, you are buggered either way. And that__ not even to mention how easily he could navigate through the mine filed of his mistakes...
Quick Answer
What this quote page tells you
This canonical quote page keeps the full saying, the attributed author, any linked work, and the topic tags together so the quote can be cited from one stable URL.
Related Quotes
More quote cards from the same area
Enjoy writers and entertainers but don't substitute their synthesis of truth and reality for your own. Seek your own counsel as much as you can. Dependence on any one or anything else will eventually result in disappointment and this may be, as it always was.
Imagine how many suicide victims would still be with us, if only the right person said the right thing at the right time.
Whatever begins will end, in time.
When the world kicks your ass, don't step in line.book: stuff i think about
Understanding breeds empathy.