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America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves... It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.
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And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
As stupid and vicious as men are, this is a lovely day.
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne.
To be is to do - Socrates To do is to be - Sartre Do Be Do Be Do - Sinatra
A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
