“The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.”
Source: The Red Dice
Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)
“The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.”
Source: The Red Dice
“There are few people who are more often wrong than those who cannot suffer being wrong.”
Il n'y a point de gens qui aient plus souvent tort que ceux qui ne peuvent souffrir d'en avoir.
Maxim 386.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Part One, chapter 5, page 24
Why Government Doesn't Work (1995)
Source: Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century (2000), Ch.9 The Conformity Police
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Speech in (August 25, 2016)
Context: For all Americans. Because I believe we are stronger together. It’s a vision for the future rooted in our values and reflected in a rising generation of young people who are the most open, diverse, and connected we’ve ever seen.... Let’s keep moving forward together. Let’s stand up against prejudice and paranoia. Let’s prove once again, that America is great because is America is good.