"Men cannot afford justice in any sense that transcends their own preservation" "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that

O Fortuna velut luna..... "Fortune punishes the greedy by making him poor and the very greedy by making him rich." "You’re guaranteed to get lucky a few times in life - it’s what you do with it!" Don’t be the glass half empty

"We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know." - Daniel Kahneman "The three most contagious diseases are measles, chickenpox, and status-conscious mediocrity." - NNT "The

"The rarest (and most valuable) thing on this planet: a clear mind." - Nicholas Nassim Taleb "The ultimate freedom lies in not having to explain why you did something." @nntaleb Laws come and go; the ethics stays. - @nntaleb "Your worst sin is that you

God exists "Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And

"Because the hour is certain to come, we must forgive graciously" "You are not responsible for another man's misdeeds. You're not the only one who has made a mistake." - Tokyo Vice "If you are penitent, you love. And if you

On Friendship One of my life's greatest joys has been to discover and nurture meaningful friendships "At the end of the day, what I cherish most are the human relationships. With the unfailing support of my wife and partner I have lived my life to the fullest.

Losing someone. It never truly sets in I have faced death more times than most —by choice, necessity, and circumstance. I've witnessed it take others and perhaps, I too was close. Each encounter has revealed something that I've never understood. "Life's but a