The hedgehog, who knows one big thing, has many disciples, and the fox, who knows many things, has none.
Feb 052016
Feb 042016
Why is experience the best teacher? Because we only really listen to ourselves.
Feb 032016
The best designs have no designer.
Feb 022016
That knowledge is power, as if awareness conferred immunity, is among the oddest of the modern superstitions.
Feb 012016
99% sure is about 45% correct.
Jan 292016
Nonviolent resistance succeeds only when the government has already lost its nerve: you can’t rule if you won’t shoot.
Jan 282016
American exceptionalism: The belief that everywhere should be exactly like America, but not just yet.
Jan 272016
Great rewards await those who supply the rich and powerful with reasons for whatever they were going to do in the first place.
Jan 262016
Selflessness needs constant vigilance, which takes the form of self-scrutiny, self-flagellation, self with every meal, in every bath.
Jan 252016
A bureaucratic government may be lawless, but a lawful government must be bureaucratic.