“If "con" is the opposite of pro, then isn't Congress the opposite of progress? Or did we just fucking blow your mind?!?”
“Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean?”
“What was the opposite of linkage blindness? What described being certain of something without any kind of evidence?...The term was faith.”
“The history of humanity is the history of human freedom...Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the opposite of necessity. Freedom is necessity overcome. Progress is, in essence, the progress of human freedom. Yes, and after all, life itself is freedom. The evolution of life is the evolution of freedom.”
“Great material progress has not been matched by great spiritual progress. Quite the opposite. Indeed, from this point of view perhaps man has never been so poor as since he became so rich.Letters against the war: Letter from the Himalayas, 2008.”