The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

Do as little as possible, and that unwillingly.  For it is better to receive a slight reprimand, than to perform an arduous task.

Corollary:

An awful lot of lifes problems will solve themselves if you just let them be...

Do as little as possible, and that unwillingly.  For it is better to receive a slight reprimand, than to perform an arduous task.

Corollary:

An awful lot of lifes problems will solve themselves if you just let them be...

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

"Americans grew tired of being thought to be dumb by the rest of the world,
so they went to the polls and removed all doubt."

There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.  I support you in choosing a miracle.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

Specialization is for insects.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst
state, an intolerable one.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.