The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more

The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same read more

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving read more

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.

Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.

I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons read more

I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him read more

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.

Tough times never last but tough people do.

Tough times never last but tough people do.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.