Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous.

About John Locke

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John Locke (; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90),...

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All wealth is the product of labor.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

virtue fortitude

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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he is not a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

—Jean Paul Richter

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

—Herbert Hoover

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and for angels to be lookers-on.

—Georges Clemenceau

You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.

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An event had happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

—Edmund Burke

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