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 "Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself." \\
 — [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman | Richard Feynman]]
 
+"I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people. \\
+No other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom and happiness... \\
+The tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part \\
+of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us \\
+if we leave the people in ignorance." \\
+— Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe (1786)
+
 "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." \\
 — [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela | Nelson Mandela]]
 
@@ -70,6 +77,10 @@ the individual towards freedom.  \\
 Looking at a mass of things for sale in Athens: "How many things I can do without!" \\
 — [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates | Socrates]] on consumerism
 
+"It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. \\
+Hack away at the unessential." \\
+— [[https://www.brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2017/6/28/52-hack-away-the-unessentials | Bruce Lee]]
+
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 1) Thou shalt not excessively annoy others. \\