Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
-Benjamin Lichtenberg
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
-Benjamin Lichtenberg
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
-Michelangelo
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.
-Agatha Christie
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
-Paulo Coelho