Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they choose, while others are free in their hearts, even as shackles restrain them.
The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.
Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.
How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.
Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can’t be harmed by it.
Wounds make better lessons than lectures.
In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources.
Fear invites aggression – do not show it to a predator.
No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls.
Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.
A winner has more skills than a loser,” Vor said, “no matter how you define the competition.
The only guarantee in life is death, and the only guarantee in death is its shocking unpredictability.
As a human being, I was born on the brink of personal destruction, and I have spent my life dancing along the edge of that cliff.
Among my father’s most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions.
The tapestry of the universe is vast and complex, with infinite patterns. While threads of tragedy may form the primary weave, humanity with its undaunted optimism still manages to embroider small designs of happiness and love.
Your outrageous and reckless chaos is the only reason you are able to beat me in any strategy game,” Seurat said. “It certainly has nothing to do with your innate skills.
Some people consider facts to be dangerous things that must be locked away and carefully guarded. But I consider mysteries a far greater threat. We should seek answers wherever possible, regardless of the consequences. – GILBERTUS ALBANS, secret Erasmus dialogues.
Politics is a tangled web, an intricate labyrinth, an ever-shifting kaleidoscopic pattern. And it is not pretty.
A human captive had fought the machines! She had destroyed a robot with her own hands! Amazed, they called out her name.
The simplest solution is an immediate cessation of all hostilities between you and the League of Nobles,” Vidad said to Omnius. “You keep your Synchronized Worlds, and the free humans keep their League Worlds. In exchange, the mutual aggression ends. There will be no further deaths, no further violence between machine and man.