Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. Albert J. Nock contributorydirectlydisinterested Change image and share on social
Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning. Albert J. Nock cultureforgetgreat Change image and share on social
Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality. Albert J. Nock associatebeliefconscious share on social
The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held by Huxley and Romanes in the last century. Albert J. Nock advancecenturyhold Change image and share on social
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own. Albert J. Nock moneypowerstate Change image and share on social
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. Albert J. Nock confiscationconquesthistory Change image and share on social
As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion. Albert J. Nock opinionpride Change image and share on social
Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. Albert J. Nock culturediligentforget Change image and share on social
As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything. Albert J. Nock cheerfulnessdiscontentfailure share on social
Assuming that man has a distinct spiritual nature, a soul, why should it be thought unnatural that under appropriate conditions of maladjustment, his soul might die before his body does; or that his soul might die without his knowing it? Albert J. Nock assumebodycondition share on social
