Jon Stewart hires people that he thinks are funny. That's it. That's the only requirement.
There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.
Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger.
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can't have it both ways. . . socialism is a new form of slavery.
everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure
Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.
And now such a warm commotion, such busy love.
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.