Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.

Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to read more

But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to care not for.

Nobody can do it for you.

Nobody can do it for you.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline read more

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap read more

Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged arena of federal power, the national cash-in area for prestige has grown, slowly being consolidated into a truly national system.