Question

theme or lesson it suggests.
people are more easily controlled when they have fewer choices.
discomfort can show that you care about something meaningful.
through others we learn about ourselves.
quotation
how like a mirror, her face....
how rarely did other peoples
faces take of you and throw
back to you your own
expression, your own innermost
trembling thought?
\we need to be really bothered
once in a while. how long is it
since you were really bothered?
about something important,
about something real?\
\if you dont want a man
unhappy politically, dont give
him two sides to a question to
worry him; give him one. better
yet, give him none.\

Explanation:

For the first quotation "How like a mirror, her face... How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought?", it reflects the idea of learning about oneself through others. The second quotation "We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" shows that discomfort (being bothered) can indicate caring about something meaningful. The third quotation "If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none." implies that fewer choices (even no choices) make people more easily controlled.

Answer:

Through others we learn about ourselves; Discomfort can show that you care about something meaningful; People are more easily controlled when they have fewer choices.