It is dishonest to make a special point of not lying.
Inversion marches under the banner of Equality.
No sensible ruler tries to suppress ideas. It is a comparatively simple matter to suppress their implementation.
The Two Kinds of Useful Books
1. Technical, scientific, mathematical
2. Hurts your feelings
The Fundamental Law of Psychology: The more objectionable the finding, the likelier it is to be replicated.
Nothing is more depressing than an unceasing barrage of uplift.
Fiction: imaginary people, real problems. Sports: imaginary problems, real people.
The more you believe in the moral worth of your cause, the more willing you are to commit dubious deeds in its behalf; and perfect righteousness implies complete fluidity.
The market may not be smarter than everyone — just everyone I know.
Blessed are the literal, exasperating yet indispensable.