Robin comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Robin 02 February 2011 06:15:02PM 0 points [-]

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but yourself can free your mind.

An upvote to the first person to correctly identify the first person to say that (the quote is often misattributed, you'll get a downvote if you identify the wrong author).

Comment author: Skatche 02 February 2011 11:21:00PM *  4 points [-]

We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

Marcus Garvey. I think it works better in this longer form.

Comment author: gwern 02 February 2011 06:25:55PM *  2 points [-]

Bob Marley, although before I checked Google search, Books, and Scholar, I had expected to find it was by Epictetus. Oh well.

EDIT: In my defense, Garvey's original is not the same as the Bob Marley version which Robin presented. I think it's a little disingenuous to consider the Bob Marley version 'misattributed'.

Comment author: aranazo 04 February 2011 01:34:56PM 1 point [-]

Reminded me of...

You can lead a man to slaughter, but you'll never make him think

Roy Harper

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