“But then they danced down the street like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Though these developments were sometimes linked to the word progress, the usage was ironic: “progress” unguided by humanism is not progress.”
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
“People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe”
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
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