Lucian

Education, as it is commonly practiced, conditions the mind to conform rather than to understand, producing efficient citizens but rarely free human beings capable of seeing beyond the boundaries imposed by authority.

The fear of losing a culture is often less about preserving life than clinging to identity as a fortress, a subtle form of imprisonment that blinds people to the fluid, ever-changing nature of existence.

Politics is the art of persuading people to obey while convincing them they are free, a theater where truth is sacrificed to maintain power.

Society is a fragile theater where conformity masks fear, and most minds are content to trade freedom for the illusion of order.

Social networks are the newest machinery by which people are persuaded to surrender their private thoughts in exchange for the comforting illusion of connection.