Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.