“The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”

“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark”

“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.”

“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

“Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent”

“I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.”

“For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of what the persons employed do. That is clearly wrong. If...”

“It is not good for man to be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, ...”

“As technology accumulates and people in more parts of the planet become interdependent, the hatred between them tends to decrease, for the simple reason that you can't kill someone and trade with h...”

“When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existi...”

“What a paradox it is, the sane causes more problems than the insane! It is! The real problems of the world do not come from the insane but, the sane!”

“You strive hard to become a better version of your previous self. Never make the fallacy of thinking that you know everything.”

“A day will come when there will be no battlefields, but markets opening to commerce and minds opening to ideas.”

“It's a funny thing about Americans, we love to bitch about paying too much for the things we really need and are really a bargain, like gas and postage stamps, but we willingly shell out outrageous...”