Alexandre Silva

“É preciso não contar demasiadamente com Deus, mas talvez Deus conte conosco...”
― Anonymous

“Neste mundo, o pecado que paga a passagem pode viajar tranquilamente e sem passaporte, enquanto que a virtude em um pobre é detida em todas as fronteiras.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

“According to Callero, “Freedom of choice and self-determination are virtuous principles, but when selfish individual interests threaten to destroy the common good, the limits of individualism are exposed.”4 Unfortunately but predictably, Callero is vague when it comes to defining “the common good”—a catchphrase with many variations that has been used by murderous dictators throughout history. May we therefore say that the “common good,” when pushed to extremes, results in the likes of Stalin and Hitler?”
― George H. Smith, Individualism: A Reader

“Challenges, confrontations: in his limited experience, this was how you got things done; this was how the great stuff broke through.”
― Brent Schlender, Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader