The Things That We Love – Quote by Thomas Aquinas
“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
Thomas von Aquin
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Elon Musk Quote on AI and Its Dangers
“We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.”
Elon Musk
Albert Jay Nock Quote on Tariffs and Consumer Exploitation
“The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.”
Albert Jay Nock
Quote by Thomas Aquinas on Courage and Risk
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”
Thomas von Aquin
Albert Jay Nock Quote on State Power and Limitation
“If you do not want the State to act like a criminal, you must disarm it as you would a criminal; you must keep it weak. The State will always be criminal in proportion to its strength; a weak State will always be as criminal as it can be, or dare be, but if it is kept down to the proper limit of weakness – which, by the way, is a vast deal lower limit than people are led to believe – its criminality may be safely got on with.”
Albert Jay Nock
Quote by Albert Jay Nock on State, Money, and Power
“It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.”
Albert Jay Nock
Quote by Elon Musk about founding SpaceX
“I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.”
Elon Musk
Quote by Socrates on Aging and Enthusiasm
“The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.”
Sokrates
Socrates Quote on Change and the True Self
“Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.”
Sokrates
Quote by Socrates: Beware the barrenness of a busy life
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
Sokrates