Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

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

Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.

Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.