Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?

Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

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

The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be.

Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.

Law is the ultimate science.