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Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise read more
Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise seem an overwhelming problem.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes read more
To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes that fence all effort in.
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, read more
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.
Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth read more
Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth is given, God will force no man to heaven. He'll call, persuade, direct aright, Bless with wisdom, love, and light; In nameless ways be good and kind, But never force the human mind.
He who dares not (reason), is a slave.
He who dares not (reason), is a slave.