"Behind me is infinite power, before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity."

“Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.”

Source : Georg Simmel, Kurt H. Wolff (1950). “The Sociology of Georg Simmel”, p.409, Simon and Schuster

“Apologists for activist government never tire of telling us that the benevolent state is our protector and that without it wed be at the mercy of monsters. It is about time that we understood that the U.S. government does more to endanger the American people than any imagined monsters around the world…by pursuing its Grand Foreign Policy of meddling anywhere and everywhere.”

“Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.”

“Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life.”

“Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.”

“Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited acquisition.”

“Don't let anyone rob you of hope.”

“Lots of us have expertise in particular areas. Becoming an expert in something means that we become more and more fascinated by nuance and complexity. That's when the Curse of Knowledge kicks in, and we start to forget what it's like not to know what we know.”

Source : "Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck". Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, 2006.