The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That's a personal evaluation, of course.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster.
Learn to say No—and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.
The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.
Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.
There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.
In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once.
Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything.
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.
The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.
Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless.
There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny
Never try to outstubborn a cat.
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