Geniuses are justifiably contemptuous of the opinions of their inferiors. Votes: 3
Morality is your agreement with yourself to abide by your own rules. Votes: 3
Who said I was wise? I'm a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one. Votes: 0
I've never been able to understand "faith' myself, nor to see how a just God could expect his creatures to pick the one true religion out of an infinitude of false ones " by faith alone. It strikes me as a sloppy way to run an organization, whether a universe or a smaller one. Votes: 0
Customs, morals " is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe " and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don't you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes " make him feel shame if he doesn't have it. Votes: 0
A confidence man knows he's lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says " and such belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope. Votes: 0