Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.

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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed...

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed...

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I...

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I...

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes...

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes...