The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
Tacitus
Quotes
#31 – Pascal
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Pascal
#30 Anonymous on Motivation
After believing in myself and praying for explosive blessings, I quit my nice little job at the Post Office and died poor and hungry on the mean streets of Cleveland…
Anonymous
#29 – Proust on Travel
The voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.
Marcel Proust
#28 – Drucker on Waste of Time…
Nothing is quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
Peter Drucker
#27 – Ferriss on Value
Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.
Tim Ferriss
#26 – Niven on Happiness
You always have a choice. Remember, you don’t have to do anything. You can choose to do whatever you think is important enough to warrant your efforts.
David Niven
#25 – Chomsky on the Media
Pick the topic you like: the Middle East, international terrorism, Central America, whatever it is-the picture of the world that’s presented to the public has only the remotest relation to reality.
Noam Chomsky
#23 – Ferriss on Work
Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Tim Ferriss
#22 – Hennacy on Law
Your damn laws! The good people don’t need them, and the bad people don’t obey them.
Ammon Hennacy