Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who make no concessions. Thucydides
Let the cymbals of popularity tinkle still. Let the butterflies of fame glitter with their wings. I shall envy neither their music nor their colors. John Adams
Complaining is finding faults. Wisdom is finding solutions. Ajahn Brahm
No matter the magnitude of your doubts about the nature of the world you cant come up with another world without coming up with another you. Cormac McCarthy
The improbability of what has happened in the past does not affect the probability of what is yet to happen. Julian Baggini
The price of stopping a dictator always goes up. Garry Kasparov