Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.

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.

I don't talk ill about people I don't know, " said Bartleby. "I only disparage them in silence and hope they die.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

There is always a better version of you waiting to be discovered.

Pain is like love

We are content to forgo joy when pain is also lost.

Admiration: Our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves.

This is my truth, tell me yours.

The planes of consciousness are correlated to what we call the chakras, which are located along the shushumna.

What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible.

If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.