Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies, utopian images, can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth…

Quote by Dennis Prager

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Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful...

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful...

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income,...

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income,...

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in...

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in...

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether...

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

I have been with many men approaching death; and not one has ever said, �I...

I have been with many men approaching death; and not one has ever said, �I...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions....

When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions....

In much of the West, the well educated have been taught to believe that they...

In much of the West, the well educated have been taught to believe that they...

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the white students...

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the white students...

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of...

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of...