To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. — St. Thomas Aquinas [Paraphrase of themes in Summa Contra Gentiles I.6 and Summa Theologiae II–II, q.1.]
Law is a system of rules, but its authority depends on a shared social practice of recognition. — H.L.A. Hart [Paraphrase of The Concept of Law (1961), Chapters 1–2.]
He who spares the guilty harms the innocent. — Seneca [On Mercy, Book I, Chapter 2.]
No planner can gather enough knowledge to direct an entire economy; only dispersed individuals possess the information needed for coordination. –F.A. Hayek [“The Use of Knowledge in Society” (1945).]
Even a fool learns something once it hits him. — Homer [The Iliad, Book XVII.]
Politics and Prosperity 