It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved, but he ought to avoid making himself hated.

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.

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!

The Antidotal Nature of Love makes Hatred a Fallacy

The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the phone and ordering groceries - we place our order and hang up.

What would you suggest?” one of the Italian officials asked.“We do have a highly-advanced biological device called the Illuminator, ” Joseph chimed in

Sacrifice is a noun in my vocabulary that should be a verb in my life.

Reflection ingeniously knows how to convert a beauty into a super beauty!

What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinary circumstances of life?

The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man's loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation.

when married people begin to talk about their rights, it means something has gone pretty far wrong between them.

Today's excuses are tomorrow's regrets dressed in disguise.