....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

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.

Sometimes even stuff you expect to happen can still hurt

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.

The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way.

SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.

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