People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
Thomas SowellTags: truth simplicity
Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.
Thomas SowellThe first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
Thomas SowellWhatever we wish to achieve in the future, it must begin by knowing where we are in the present- not where we wish we were, or where we wish others to think we are, but where we are in fact.
Thomas SowellDespite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.
Thomas SowellTags: wealth economics socialism income distribution earnings
Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
Thomas SowellTags: hubris apotheosis
The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
Thomas SowellVirtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.
Thomas SowellWhen you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Thomas SowellThere are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
Thomas SowellTags: truth
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