Pietas prevailed, and out of the blood of Caesar the monarchy was born.

The strength and vitality of an empire is frequently due to the new aristocracy from the periphery.

Crassus was in the habit of maintaining that nobody should be called rich who was not able to maintain an army on his income.

Women have their uses for historians.

Leaders don't climb hills of success with shoes of pride. They are slippery enough to bring a person down to the valley.

Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.

If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

Independent publishing gives everyone a voice, and those with a voice to which people inherently want to listen will find a way to the top.

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.

Tantric Zen is all about the practice of zazen meditation. If you meditate well, you'll be in very powerful states of mind and then it really doesn't matter what you do.

Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.

I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

Persons are to be loved; things are to be used.