I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. -Albert Einstein-

There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked. -Mark Twain-

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless. -Steven Weinberg-

Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. The great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom. -Milton Friedman-

The boundary between frugal and stingy lies in attitude.

The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will make you an atheist but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you. -Werner Heisenberg-

It’s is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. -Murray N. Rothbard-

False religion leads to absurdity, agnosticism leads to despair and atheism leads to pointlessness.

More “deep thoughts” from a politically homeless economist: I have slowly come to conclude that [today’s right wing] “phenomenon” is what happens when voters are angry at government but fail to understand economics, while [today’s left wing] “movement” is what happens when voters are angry at the economy but fail to understand government. Both positions are more likely than not to produce reactionary and misguided policies. -Tom Lehman-

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. -Saint Augustine-