“The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition . . . is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration.” MenEnoughGovernmentNaturalPowerfulEffortProgressConditionsConstantErrorsInvestingImprovementEvery ManAdministrationSpiteUniformsExtravagance Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“It is an unfortunate fact that every man who seeks to disseminate knowledge must contend not only against ignorance itself, but against false instruction as well. No sooner do we deem ourselves free from a particularly gross superstition, than we are confronted by some enemy to learning who would set aside all the intellectual progress of years, and plunge us back into the darkness of mediaeval disbelief.” MenYearsWellsFactsEnemyDarknessProgressIgnoranceIntellectualEvery ManInstructionSuperstitionsUnfortunateGrossDisbeliefPlunge Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.” IfsMenWorldProgressLonelinessLonelyEvery ManBeing AloneBeing LonelyLoneliness And SolitudeI Am LonelyLonely And AloneAlone LonelyLike Being AloneLonely ManLonely World Author:Bruce Barton