A storm is coming; our storm. Emperor - we come for you!

Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

Love is not a mood, but a dynamic way of being.

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and their civilization collapses.

FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.