Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the ancients wanted their citizens to be trained in every warlike action.

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.

Through our reading we can travel to other times and other places, into other peoples minds and hearts and souls: it is a transcendent experience.

It's all fun and games until somebody dies.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

Blackbirds are the cellos of the deep farms.

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.

E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them.

The net promoter score of health insurers averages 4/100. Amazon is 74/100.

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.

Do you have to feel something for it to be real or mean anything? Can you touch your dreams, taste your imagination.