"I am bored" generally means "I am boring."

Grateful people are good people, and good people are happy people

The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful

The welfare state is predicate don collecting money from today's workers in order to pay for those who paid in before them. But today's workers don't have enough money to sustain the scheme, and there are too few of them to do so. As a result, virtually every welfare state in Europe, and many American states, like California are going broke.

I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.

Therefore the vast majority of the people who affirm leftist beliefs think of their views as the only way to properly think about life.

By definition, the moment one crosses from center to left, one accepts more government control of people's lives. Therefore, the further left society moves, the more there is government control over its citizens' lives. It is astonishing that this obvious fact is not universally acknowledged and that the Left has somehow successfully portrayed itself as preoccupied with personal liberty.