Arthur Leis

“How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.”
― Machiavelli Noccolo

“You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Superstition always directs action in the absence of knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
― Marcus Aurelius