Angelo

“Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;
He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
All other Life is living Death, a world where none but Phantoms dwell,
A breath, a wind, a sound, a voice, a tinkling of the camel-bell.

Richard Burton, The Kasidah, 1880”
― Richard Burton, Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi

“A “critic” is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased—he hates all creative, people equally.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long

“Evolution kills off bad strategies.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

“The art of government is the organization of idolatry.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists