When one teaches, two learn.
Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.
Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of the state, unable to resist.
Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly.
If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.
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.
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.
My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels.
Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.
Those who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be considered "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons within city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or other misdemeanor.
Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.
Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.
Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.
A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.
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