Fyodor Dostoevsky, 
seeming ridiculous is the price of dreams

“All is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.” 

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Yes, wanting to look good drives uniformity. But it seems to be not wanting to care what others think drives conflict. There must be some secret third way

is this describing conditioning and trauma?

we start reading his books when we are 14 or 15 years old in school

begin understanding his simple and powerful thoughts years later

wonder what world would be if parents explained these to their 5-10 years old children in advance
they might have found his books more attractive