What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib
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.
Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class -- whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy.
Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.
Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.
I'm one of the people that when I wake up I have to do what I do. It's not like I want to do it. I kind of have to do it.
If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them.