Journalism is the entertainment business.

The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce. ... Men must want to do things of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon 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.

You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos.

Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your own life.