Saturday, August 21, 2010

Aphorisms

Violence is the knowledge of violence

Love is not the little things but the frequent ones.

Illusions succeed to the degree the subject wishes to be fooled.

Clitoral Stimulation: a great way to win friends and influence people.

The human mind is an excellent computer that is not obliged to run any program.

Power implies the misuse of power.

Demoralizing the enemy is easier than actually killing them, and, as the experts claim wiping an opponent out may not in fact be possible....

The hardest thing in any relationship is dealing with the apparent delusions of the other person. Of course, the other person has the same problem too.

Past behavior is the greatest predictor of future behavior.

All that proceeds from truth is justice. All that is justice proceeds from truth. Therefore the caliber of memory is the caliber of morality

Marriage is an agreement to stay with someone after you've fallen out of love with them in hopes of falling in love with them again.

When you can't win a war, fight revolution.

Sin Tax: an expense upon the willing

When foreign policy disregards actual power relationships, it builds on quicksand.

What leaders decide, spies seek to justify.

Caffeine: the only drug that actually tastes good.

A law is always more of a burden to those who follow it than to those who disregard it

Confabulation is a universal action. Some just do it routinely enough to get a diagnosis.