If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Smile, damn it !! Smile.

Smile, damn it !! Smile.

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.