What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.