Still, everybody wants to eat.

Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.

One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority of certain human beings.

As for Europe, its claims towards Russia are fairly transparently based on fears about energy, unjustified fears at that.

Scientific research? Only when not at the cost of ethics-and first of all, those of the researchers themselves.

And keep as few things as possible, so that you don't have to fear for them. Give them up without a struggle-because otherwise the humiliation will poison your heart. They will take them away from you in a fight, and trying to hold onto your property will only leave you with a bloodied mouth ... But by owning things and trembling about their fate aren't you forfeiting the rare opportunity of observing and understanding?