#voluntary

She waited in the ward thinking what I had thought in the same circumstances, that this was not a place much designated to help people like us, the semi-talented, sometime wayward overachievers who got a little carried away with the X-ACTO knife when we got a bad grade, or otherwise tripped on the latter of betterment. ↗

— Norah Vincet

#voluntary-madness #design

The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#voluntarysimplicity #money

The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want. ↗

— Harry Browne

#american way #commerce #forced #participate #personal

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#belief #believe #comes #feeling #heart

This brings us to Anarchism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and that the State should be abolished. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#anarchism #associations #brings #described #doctrine

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#britain #caesar #five #held #hundred

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#better #federal #federal government #first #government

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. ↗

— Seneca

#madness #nothing #voluntary

Wonder is involuntary praise. ↗

— Edward Young

#praise #wonder

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. ↗

— Mark Skousen

#centrally #civilized #civilized society #civilized world #complete