#phil

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#philosophy #silence #logic

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. ↗

— Norton Juster

#philosophy #quest #reason

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#idiot #infernal-devices #law #nephilim #shadowhunters

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them. ↗

— Albert Camus

#truth #free

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#political-philosophy #politics #liberty

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #political-philosophy #liberty

As government expands, liberty contracts. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#political-philosophy #politics #scope-of-government #liberty

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence – it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master. ↗

— George Washington

#liberty #political-philosophy #scope-of-government #liberty

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#philosophy #politics #thermodynamics #free

Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS. ↗

— Nicholas Tharcher

#independent-thought #metaphysics #philosophy #independence