I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean.

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done.

Often your face is your autobiography