Simple Truths

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

—Mark and Jo Ann Skousen

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

-- Aldous Huxley

Reputation is like a shadow. Sometimes it's bigger than you, and sometimes it's smaller.

—Farnham Street

Life is about using the whole box of crayons.

Master your circumstances rather than be ruled by them.

—Farnham Street

We are kept from our goals not by obstacles but by a clear path to lesser goals

.—Robert Brault

Podcasts are not reviving history, as is often claimed these days. They are mostly drowning it in a tidal wave of blather, at best sloppy, at worst mendacious.

—Niall Ferguson

In 10 years, you'll either be paid for your actions in the present, or you'll pay for them.

—Sahil Bloom

Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.

—Derek Landy in Skulduggery Pleasant

The world is full of monsters with friendly faces.

—Derek Landy in Skulduggery Pleasant