Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

Perhaps the clock hands had become so tired of going in the same direction year after year that they had suddenly begun to go the opposite way instead.

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.

As long as we are children, we have the ability to experience things around us--but then we grow used to the world. To grow up is to get drunk on sensory experience.

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.