... On the whole, the best fortress you can have, is in not being hated by your subjects. If they hate you no fortress will save you...

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.

There are many who think a wise prince ought, when he has the chance, to foment astutely some enmity, so that by suppressing it he will augment his greatness.

Armour belonging to someone else either chops off you or weighs you down or is too tight

So I placed my heart under lock and key To take some time, and take care of me But I turn around and you're standing here

Or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone?

Peter said Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?... And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost.

Do I worship God or what other people think of me?

A lot of people think Major League’s called Wild Thing. As they should.

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.

Time is invincible, impregnable, insurmountable, invulnerable, unstoppable and time is invisible.

...a miracles is a reasonable thing to ask for.

Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.

There is no wilderness. There is only our inability to fill the emptiness in which we live.