"Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst! Candide

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today. Man's Search For Meaning

My views may seem to ignore a moral imperative that businesses should follow virtuous principles, whether or not it is most profitable for them to do so. Instead I prefer to recognize that, throughout human history, [...] government regulation has arisen precisely because it was found to be necessary for the enforcement of moral principles. Invocation of moral principles is a necessary first step for eliciting virtuous behavior, but that alone is not a sufficient step. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

The gods throw the dice, freeing love from its cage. And love can create or destroy — depending on the direction of the wind when it is set free. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept