To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
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.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.