Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Good-bye to being polite. Good-bye to showing tolerance for other people's buffooneries. The fact that we claim to admire Truth is probably the biggest lie of all. But that's part of the charade, part of what makes us human, and we do not even think about it. In effect, we lie to ourselves. Lies are only despicable when they betray a trust.

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.

So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.

Faith has its price. When misfortune strikes the true believer, he assumes he has done something to deserve punishment, but isn't quite certain what. The realist, recognizing that he lives in a Darwinian universe, is simply grateful to have made it to another sunset.