Desires And Dreams And Powers

"The state won't go away once enough people want the state to go away, the state will effectively disappear once enough people no longer care that much whether it stays or goes. We don't need a revolution, we need millions of them." --Human Advancement

"But there is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feelings. They can hurt." --Robert Heinlein, Double Star

"Certainly it hurts ... The trick ... is not minding that it hurts." --Lawrence of Arabia