The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The writer is a man who has to live in the world but not be of it.

We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about it.

出自先秦《荀子·修身》。批评我而又批评得恰当的，他便是我的老师；肯定我而又实事求是的，他便是我的朋友；讨好奉承我的，他便是我的仇人。说明修身养性要有闻过则喜的雅量，要亲近正人君子而远离谄谀小人。这样，才会有利于自己道德的修炼进步。

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.