“In this world is not the creative act of the genius always a protest against the inertia of the mass?”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com
“Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For…”— Baruch Spinoza, amazon.com
“They say ‘Judge not!’ but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way. By allowing God to judge they themselves judge; by glorifying God they glorify themselves; by demanding precisely those virtues of which they themselves are capable – more, which they are in need of to stay on top at al…”— Nietsche, amazon.com
“Online, we don’t have access to social cues. There’s no one on the receiving end of our jabs and tirades and vitriol. All we see are words on a screen in a text box. Empathy is null and void. Sometimes, I write things down that I think and feel and post them on the internet. Maybe you like to cook f…”— Stephanie Wittels Wachs, medium.com
“A wise man who I loved very much once said: “Let’s stop finding a new witch of the week and burning them at the stake. We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out.””— Stephanie Wittels Wachs, medium.com
“And then one day it hit me. Something of real consequence was happening. We were at the start of a great renaissance of public shaming. After a lull of almost 180 years (public punishments were phased out in 1837 in the United Kingdom and in 1839 in the United States), it was back in a big way. When…”— Jon Ronson, amazon.com