Route Maps and Roady Wisdom

A selection of classic wisdom, and original advice from The Truck Driving Philosopher

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

Thomas Jefferson (American President; 1743-1821)

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When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

William James (American philosopher; 1842-1910)

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The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me.

Thomas Huxley (English scientist, 1825-1895)

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist (1894-1963)

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“Spend some time alone every day.”

— 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan religious teacher, b. 1935)

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“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

— Dale Carnegie (American author, 1888 - 1955)

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“The secret of getting things done is to act.”

- Dante Alighieri (Italian poet, 1265 – 1321)

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“May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower (American General and later President, 1890 - 1969)

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“He who allows oppression shares the crime.”

— Desiderius Erasmus (Dutch priest, scholar and humanist, 1466 – 1536)

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“Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.”

— Edmund Burke (Irish Statesman, 1729 – 1797)

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“Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.”

— Edward O. Wilson (American scientist and writer, b. 1929)

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt (American feminist, First Lady, 1884 – 1962)

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“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

— Epictetus (Classical Greek philosopher, AD 55 – AD 135)

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“A hospital alone shows what war is.”

- Erich Maria Remarque (German author, 1898 – 1970)

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“Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.”

— Frederich Schiller (German poet, philosopher, 1759 – 1805)

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“The soul is healed by being with children”

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Russian author, 1821 – 1881)

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“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

— George Washington (American revolutionary and First President, 1732 - 1799)