Economists think the poor need them to tell them that they are poor.
What is the strongest cure?--Victory.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
Howard Roark stood as a role model for me - as exactly the way I already was living. Even at that tender age [18] I already felt that. And it was intuitive or instinctive or inbred stubbornness or whatever; but I had already made those choices and suffered for them.
. . . the dark ancestral cave, the womb from which mankind emerged into the light, forever pulls one back - but. . . you can't go home again. . . you can't go. . . back home to the escapes of Time and Memory. You Can't Go Home Again
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.