Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.

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.

The mind is not designed to grasp the laws of probability, even though the laws rule the universe.

Thinking is good for your mind, but too much thinking leads to distraction.

But without a need, even the finest piece of beef is merely a piece of dead bull is it not?

Book and reader, if they meet up at the right moment, it can make sparks fly, set you alight, change your life. It can, I promise you.

It was so much easier to be alone, if one could find just the right location.

That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.

Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

Burning hearts are not nourished by empty heads

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

... we do not remember people as they were. What we remember is the effect they had on us then, but we remember it through an emotion charged with all that has since happened to us.