Democracy: Rule by a minority clique by manipulating the majority vote.
Suffering at human scale is just another process in nature’s scale.
Crying. What a shame some don’t cry! Crying is most associated with cowardice. It is purity that brings tears.
An unjust system judges people merely by the work they did; a just system should also consider what they could and didn’t.
Does science offer answers to all our questions? For the arrogant scientist, yes.
Corruption appears the only religion practiced by the believer and the atheists alike!
Most people package their weakness as virtues; given due chance they would fall for the first sin.
It’s human to fear isolation for your convictions. But remember that every so often a single Galileo or Darwin had truth on the whole planet.
Be happy your way, with your means. It’s foolish to be unhappy trying to be happy in the ways of other people.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.