Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.
Know thine opportunity.
You should know which opportunities to choose.
The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.
Measure a person by what they do with power.
What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.
Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.
stop spying on the lawful citizenry. Democracy and dossiers go ill together. It is all right for God but all wrong for the State to keep its eye on sparrows.
I even watched Mulholland Drive in French. . . it didn't make much more sense in French, but I have to say, it didn't make any less sense either.
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
Within legal enforcement of "morality," there is no sense of how to morally, ethically, or fairly help people live safer lives. It's all about banishment or punishment or forced destitution - all of which creates more desperation, and more social risk-taking by people in moments of crisis.