"Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good." ― Soren Kierkegaard Topic(s): Good More From Soren Kierkegaard "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." "Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate." "I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this." More In Good "Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business."― Mitt Romney "To be doing good deeds is man’s most glorious task."― Sophocles "A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson."― John Henrik Clarke