I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.
You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children.
You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.
You have already achieved the English-Language poet's most important goal: you can read, Write and speak English well enough to understand this sentence.
You should give up.' 'Why?' 'For one thing, you'll live longer.' 'Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer.
You'll often hear the phrase "science doesn't know everything." Well, of course it doesn't know everything. But just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean that it knows nothing.
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged. - Harry Browne
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power. - Harry Browne
A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second. - Harry Browne
A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out. - Harry Browne
But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest. - Harry Browne
Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions. - Harry Browne
Contrary to all the blather we hear about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights. - Harry Browne
Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel. - Harry Browne
Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn. - Harry Browne
For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. - Harry Browne
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise. - Harry Browne
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate. - Harry Browne
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