How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World

I still wanted money for the things it could buy. But I established limits beyond which I wouldn’t go to acquire wealth. I defined them clearly and they were compatible with what I knew about myself. So I never had to feel guilty when I wasn’t working.

You’re in the Previous-Investment Trap whenever you allow what you’ve expended in the past to be a determining factor when deciding what to do in the future. Learn from the past, but never feel you have to justify a past investment by hanging on to it.

When attempts are made to overrule the natural expressions of the General Market, higher prices are inevitable.

Little souls wish you to be unhappy. It aggravates them to have you joyous, efficient and free. They like to feel that fate is disciplining you. It gives their egos wings if yours are clipped. You can ruin your life in an hour by listening to their puerile opinions. — David Seabury

So to protect you from the crime syndicates, the government makes you pay tribute for the privileges of working, going into business, or staying on your own property. It dictates the terms of your relationships with customers and friends. It finances your competitors with your money. And it can even enslave you in its army. What could the Mafia do

They assume that what one person or elite group sees and accepts should be accepted by everyone.

there are four basic Government Traps — popular misconceptions about the nature of government: 1. The belief that governments perform socially useful functions that deserve your support. 2. The belief that you have a duty to obey laws. 3. The belief that the government can be counted upon to carry out a social reform you favor. 4. The fear that the

a unionized job, your wage is determined by factors other than your individual worth, so the chances are that you’ll be paid too much or too little. Either event has its consequences. If you’re underpaid, you’re wasting your time in that job. If you’re overpaid, you have little incentive to grow into new areas of your job or find out what you’re ca

Freedom is the opportunity to live your life as you want to live it. And that is possible, even if others remain as they are.