Notable Quotable 62

Joel Walbert

Mar 21, 2023

When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.

- Vilfredo Pareto

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

- Adam Smith

If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favourable.

- Seneca

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears and never regrets.

- Leonardo Di Vinci

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchy, and anarchy is the fullest expression of capitalism.

Not only are they compatible, but you can't really have one without the other.

- Murray N. Rothbard

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest type of fear is fear of the unknown.

- H. P. Lovecraft

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

The truth doesn't always set you free. Sometimes it saddles you with a burden you can never escape. So choose very carefully when you decide to start digging and which dragons you decide to slay.

Gnosis isn't always a flower, sometimes it's a sword, maybe more often than not.

- Christopher Knowles

Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted on them from birth through social conditioning.

They begin sensing something is amiss and start looking for answers.

- Henri Bergson