[MD] Platt's Proverbs

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All:

Herewith a few bon mots collected over the years from many sources.

. Absolute truth is the certainty behind the doubt of absolute truth.

. All problems come from two sources--government and stupid people.

. By being you you create an experience for others you will never 
experience.

. Cooperation without coercion is a devastating fiction. (Robert Pirsig)

. Helpers hold power.

. I may not know much but I know what I like.

. Ingratitude from many who, but for profitable businesses, would be 
both hungry and homeless.

. Language is simultaneously subject and object, scratches and sounds, 
means and meanings.

. Liberalism is attractive because it requires no thought, just caring     
about suffering.

. Liberals want to be admired for caring about others..

. Physical laws are codes of moral conduct. (MOQ)

. Power knows you are an object of change before you do.

. Reality is what is happening while you are reading this.

. Reason cannot determine the difference between a Raphael and a 
finger painting. 

. Science fosters stereotypes, doesn't worry about exceptions to the rule.  
 
. Science's love of systems and processes fosters collectivism. 

. The theory that all is matter and energy consists of neither matter nor 
energy. 

And best of all, from Huang Po: "Here it is -- right now. Start thinking 
about it and you miss it."

Regards,
Platt

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