Michael

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
― Plato, The Republic

“As long as we observe love for others and respect for their
rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are
learned or unlearned, whether we believe in the Buddha
or God, follow some religion or none at all, as long as we
have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with
restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt
we will be happy.”
― Dalai Lama

“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.”
― Mark Twain

“We know that people can maintain an unshakeable faith in
any propositions, however absurd, when they are sustained
by a community of likeminded believers.”
― Daniel Kahneman