The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.
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When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize read more
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to
be full read more
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to
be full of God.
You have to believe in yourself.
You have to believe in yourself.
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.
Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.
Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.
