Category: Thought

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Conservatives want to stand up for ordinary Americans, and that means ending corporate welfare.

Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.

>Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it’s remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver’s license.