“Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.” George Sand

I have said that faith and force are corollaries, and that mysticism will always lead to the rule of brutality.  The cause of it is contained in the very nature of mysticism.  Reason is the only objective means of communication … Continue reading →

“Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like … Continue reading →

Alexis de Tocqueville: “Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested.”

“Madame, you could go outside and get run over by a bus and just think what you would have missed!” — Graham Kerr, TVs “Galloping Gourmet” in response to criticism that he cooked with butter and enjoyed wine.

“When government taxes, borrows and spends, it shifts unemployment from one sector to another. Of course, the sector that benefits tends to be a political favorite of the shifter.” — Walter Williams

“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” — Thomas Jefferson

“It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of service and sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and … Continue reading →

“What’s that you say? Hopeless?–Why, very well!–But a man does not fight merely to win! No–no–better to know one fights in vain! …” — from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. –Thomas Szasz

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. — Albert Einstein