And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.

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.

Be prepared to be on the race to fulfill and to achieve fulfillment.

Dakin: The more you read, though, the more you'll see that literature is actually about losers.Scripps: No.Dakin: It's consolation. All literature is consolation.

We livein the smallspaces between our wordshidingbetweenthe saidand allwe cannot say.

A deaf and dumb in the mist of morons is a renowed talkative among brains.

Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net you can be sure I want the ball.

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.

Let's start a movement - a movement of men who aren't afraid to stop violence against women.

Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture.

The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.