Lazurus Long quotes and words of wisdom

"$100 placed at 7 percent interest compounded quarterly for 200 years will increase to more than $100,000,000, by which time it will be worth nothing."
Found in the topic Interest.

"A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity."
Found in the topic Competence.

"Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy."
Found in the topic Children.

"Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate?and quickly."
Found in the topic Endure.

"History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it."
Found in the topic Crutch.

"If it can"t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion."
Found in the topic Opinion.

"Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking."
Found in the topic Woe.

Interesting Quotes

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.Andre Gide - French critic, essayist, & novelist (1869 - 1951)

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)