Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. – Adam Smith
Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am. – Gil Scott-Heron
The touch of reality is salvation for the man who smothers amid forms and shadows. A blind man would rejoice in sight though his eyes opened on the carnage of a battlefield. – Oscar W. Firkins
