I remember saying to myself Okay, this is it the moment of truths
We have achieved the classless society: eve– rything is tacky
Unsatisfied with natural consequen… human beings concocted perverse in… which is to say where once we were mere mortals now we are self-defeating
I used to believe that if no one was unwanted there would be no more Wanted post… Now I think that because we can never stop wanting
I finally realized that when Smokey Bear says Only you can prevent forest fires Only I really believe him
G.K. Chesterton said “When men stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything” But after a while,
The first thing you’re taught is t… you can make some of the people drink Coke all of the time and you can make all of the people drink Coke some of the time but
Physicists insist that time can flow both forward and backward So, I always insist on sitting in the backward facing seats of th… because I need to be able to see
Serve (one another) and Play (together)
People are like whales who have gotten sick of plankton
In fragile civilizations Power is used to acquire status And status is just for decoration In resilient civilizations Self-sacrifice is recognized as th…
People will only tell the truth when they think they can get away with it For example, perjury laws only wor… by publicly threatening jail time
I’m not afraid of being alone and I’m not afraid of dying but I am afraid of dying alone
Totalitarianism then: Nazis and the like Hunted and killed Jews Totalitarianism now: Those hunting likes
Mid-life crisis: the failure to start hoping you don’t get what you want