![The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-following-of-authority-is-the-denial-of-intelligence-it-may-help-us-tempor.jpg)
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