“If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons. If you’re going to stand your ground, you better have your reasons. You better have thought them through. You might otherwise be in for a very hard landing.” 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” 1984
Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. Guns, Germs And Steel
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Book VII
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