The multiple failures of top-down design, and the omnipresence of unintended consequences, can be attributed in large part, to the absence of relevant information.

Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.

It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.

If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.

When you surround yourself with wonderful, productive people, you become enhanced. Your level of happiness increases, which is your success.

He tries to hand the water back, but I refuse. Jeremy's will is always stronger than anybody else's, though, and when he says he'll only drink more if I do first, I cave and drink

I wouldn't trust a man who wouldn't try to steal a little.

Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!

An unexamined life is not worth living, and an unexamined faith is not worth holding.

O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight.

I didn't save you," he whispers, lips tickling my eyelashes. "You saved me.

I always say that pain is information, that it is not punishment.

In spite of everything, I shall rise again

'Tis pride that pulls the country down.