Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.