Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf,
“A patriot has universal values, standards by which he judges his nation, always wishing it well—and wishing that it would do better.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“Paradoxically, the flows of energy that sustain complex things (including you and me) are helping entropy with its bleak task of slowly breaking down all forms of order and structure.”
― Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
― Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
“Myths are simply stories about truths we’ve forgotten.”
― The Sword of Summer
― The Sword of Summer
“He recoiled at the cowardice and selfishness he saw rampant in the New York legislature. “The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people,” he told Morris. “In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.” Increasingly Hamilton despaired of pure democracy, of politicians simply catering to the popular will, and favored educated leaders who would enlighten the people and exercise their own judgment.”
― Alexander Hamilton
― Alexander Hamilton
“Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate zeal and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin. Thus the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.”
― Into Thin Air
― Into Thin Air
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