Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

Once, this whole world had been hidden beneath a shallow sea.

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

Asking politicians to give up a source of money is like asking Dracula to forsake blood.

Taking responsibility as a co-creator with God presupposes a basic understanding of how creation works.

I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.

It's a pity people pick and choose what they learn from the Bible.

Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.

if we don't always understand animals, they always understand us.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.