

“Why do some men reach for the stars and so many others never even look up?”
― The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
― The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

“For political and social as well as for military reasons the preferred way of bringing about victory was the shortest, most direct way, and that meant using all possible force.”
― On War
― On War
“history demonstrates quite clearly—not just in sports, but in personal relationships, business, international relations, and elsewhere—that today’s conflicts are often the result of how we conducted and concluded past negotiations. Effective”
― Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts
― Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts

“Nothing happens in isolation. Everything that happens has consequences. We”
― The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
― The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

“you often do not know your friends as well as you imagine. Friends often agree on things in order to avoid an argument. They cover up their unpleasant qualities so as to not offend each other. They laugh extra hard at each other’s jokes. Since honesty rarely strengthens friendship, you may never know how a friend truly feels. Friends will say that they love your poetry, adore your music, envy your taste in clothes—maybe they mean it, often they do not. When”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
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