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,.
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Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead.
Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead.
Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.
Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another
step forward.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another
step forward.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a
negative thought.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a
negative thought.
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
