All civilization is basically enslavement. Empowering slavery.
Those that don’t ask uncomfortable questions are faced with uncomfortable situations.
Success: The fruitful confluence of favourable circumstances.
It is seldom about right and wrong. It is always about suitable or unsuitable.
Give a man some free time, or extra money & watch. If he uses it constructively give some more. If unproductively, tax it.
Forgive but do not forget, be generous but not cowardly, punish but do not take revenge, disagree but avoid hate.
Sophisticated “believers” politely undermine other people’s religious beliefs; fanatics do this curtly. Who is more honest?
Fundamentalist: The only true believer in his creed – after the fanatic.
Television: The hermit’s window to the world.
Prohibition is good. For others.