People need revelation, and then they need resolution.
He couldn't tell the difference between one politician and another. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him.
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.
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For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.
Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.
There exists no more democratic institution than the market