

“I wish to weep
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
― The Silver Stallion
― The Silver Stallion

“To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is."
[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]”
―
[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]”
―

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
― The Collected Works
― The Collected Works

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
― Their Morals and Ours: The Class Foundations of Moral Practice
― Their Morals and Ours: The Class Foundations of Moral Practice
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