Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it is within no one's reach.
To act is to anchor in the imminent future.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect.
Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.