“What is evil?…
Friedrich Nietzsche
“What is evil? — Whatever springs from weakness”
Friedrich Nietzsche: The Antichrist
“It takes a great talent and skill to…
La Rochefoucauld, “Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims”
“It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one’s talent and skill”
La Rochefoucauld, “Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims”
“Nothing is as dangerous as an…
Jean de La Fontaine
“Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“What people commonly call fate…
Parerga und Paralipomena : kleine philosophische Schriften, Schopenhauer, “Philosophical Writings”
“What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity”
Parerga und Paralipomena : kleine philosophische Schriften, Schopenhauer, “Philosophical Writings”
“To doubt everything or to believe everything…
H. Poincare. La Science et L’Hypothèse
“To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection”
H. Poincare. La Science et L’Hypothèse
“The worst enemy you can meet…
Friedrich Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”
“The worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself”
Friedrich Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”
“The strongest principle of growth…
George Eliot, “Daniel Deronda”
“The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice”
George Eliot, “Daniel Deronda”
“Man is…
Plautus, “Asinaria”
“Man is wolf to man”
Plautus, “Asinaria”
“We never forget what…
Friedrich Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”
“We never forget what we endeavour to forget”
Friedrich Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”
“Truth? A powerful but…
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji
“Truth? A powerful but double-edged sword.”
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji
“The lion cannot protect himself from traps…
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognise traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.”
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“He who has a why to live for…
Friedrich Nietzsche
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The snake which cannot cast its skin…
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Never attempt to win by force…
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“The big secret to breaking the rules…
Johan Liebert
“The big secret to breaking the rules is to make it look like your following them.”
Johan Liebert
“Supreme excellence consists in…
Sun Tzu - (art of war)
“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
Sun Tzu - (art of war)
“The opportunity of defeating the enemy…
Sun Tzu - (art of war)
“The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”
Sun Tzu - (art of war)
“Only two things are infinite, the universe…
Albert Einstein
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
Albert Einstein
“To kill cancer, you have to…
Anonymous
“To kill cancer, you have to find where it came from and cut it out.”
Anonymous
“The insult dishonours the one…
Diogenes of Sinope
“The insult dishonours the one who infers it, not the one who receives it.”
Diogenes of Sinope
“The perfect manipulator never commands…
Niccolò Machiavelli
“The perfect manipulator never commands he rearranges reality so obedience feels voluntary.”
Niccolò Machiavelli
“Humans are the…
Bruce Schneier and Kevin Mitnick
“Humans are the weakest link in the security chain”
Bruce Schneier and Kevin Mitnick
“Only one thing is equal for all…
Johan Liebert
“Only one thing is equal for all, and that is death.”
Johan Liebert
“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping…
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping, is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
