Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.
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Pursuing Something Important
Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried.
Outsourcing and Modularity
Better
Teaching Longing
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Reason and Freedom
The relationship between reason and freedom is reciprocal: when men are rational, freedom wins; when men are free, reason wins.
– Ayn Rand
Intuition
The most important things in life, whether they’re personal or professional, are decided on intuition.
Get Going Or Get The Hell Out
If you want to make Apple great again, let’s get going. If not, get the hell out.
– Steve Jobs, 1997