There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase that reluctance.

I am not the river I am the net.

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.