For all you lurkers with a low post count

[the GOAT]

He who expects men to be always as good as their beliefs, indulges a groundless hope; and he who expects men to be always as bad as their beliefs, vexes himself with a needless fear.

 

[the GOAT]

The most wonderful thing about miracles is that they sometimes happen.

 

[the GOAT]

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.

 

[the GOAT]

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

 

[the GOAT]

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

 

[the GOAT]

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

 

[the GOAT]

No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

 

[Cut4fun]

 

[the GOAT]

People need joy. Quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more.

 

[the GOAT]

It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.

 

[the GOAT]

The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is the fellow who gets on.

 

[the GOAT]

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

 

[the GOAT]

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

 

[the GOAT]

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

 

[the GOAT]

Since emotions are few and reasons many, the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person can.

 

[the GOAT]

People just don't know how to handle it if a woman uses smarts and brains rather than tits.

 

[the GOAT]

If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur.

 

[the GOAT]

The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.

 

[the GOAT]

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

 

[the GOAT]

Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.