Futility Is The Defining Characteristic Of Life.

Whatever The Explanation, It's Perfectly Obvious That Our Educational System Has Nothing To Do With Education: It's A Babysitting Service Designed To Replicate The Worst Qualities Of The Parents.

Part Of Him Wanted To Weep... But His Purpose Was Rigid Within Him. He Felt He Could Not Bend To Gentleness Without Breaking.

We Didn't Make The World. All We Have To Do Is Live In It.

Despair And Bitterness Are Not The Only Songs In The World

Are You A Person—with Volition And Maybe Some Stubbornness And At Least The Capacity If Not The Actual Determination To Do Something Surprising—or Are You A Tool? A Tool Just Serves Its User. It’s Only As Good As The Skill Of Its User, And It’s Not Good For Anything Else. So If You Want To Accomplish Something Special—something More Than You Can Do For Yourself—you Can’t Use A Tool. You Have To Use A Person And Hope The Surprises Will Work In Your Favor. You Have To Use Something That’s Free To Not Be What You Had In Mind.