The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

Financial institutions have been merging into a smaller number of very large banks. Almost all banks are interrelated. So the financial ecology is swelling into gigantic, incestuous, bureaucratic banks-when one fails, they all fall. We have moved from a diversified ecology of small banks, with varied lending policies, to a more homogeneous framework of firms that all resemble one another. True, we now have fewer failures, but when they occur... I shiver at the thought.

Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.

By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden in the texture of reality start staring at you; then mysteries that you never thought existed emerge in front of your eyes.

Never trust a journalist unless she's your mother.

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free

He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once.