Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other choice but to fabricate gossip about a wise man saying nothing

Reason is intuition's servant.

Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest.

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.

Without God and religion you don't have moral truth, you have moral opinion

I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans.

The idea that men 'lose control' around a woman in a short skirt is insulting to men, completely relieves perpetrators of responsibility, and erases and ignores male victims.

We see the universe the way it is because we exist.

I think the world is crumbling when I have a bad game.