All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished.

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.

The person in whose presence you stay in the secrets will determine where you will stay in the open.

If there had been an exercise I'd liked, would I have gotten this big in the first place?

More Weight -Giles Corey-

The theory of chaos and theory of fractals are separate, but have very strong intersections. That is one part of chaos theory is geometrically expressed by fractal shapes.

The whole art of the political speech is to put 'nothing' into it. It is much more difficult than it sounds.

The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.

A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor hes not alone in the way he feels about himself.

We don’t need more ‘What if the mother is going to die’ debated, we need ‘I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice and my right. I own it. Back the f@#( up.

In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual.

How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise