Ben

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
― Nikola Tesla

“Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.”
― George Washington, George Washington's Farewell Address

“The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo