People act as if they will be judged by one work within a life. But we're judged by our body of works... or should be.

Running can be a form of procrastination. It can also be a form of survival.

Success is accidental. Be prepared.

The only thing that truly protects freedom is the will to have it - and that will can only be negotiated from a position of weakness.

Any place that serves roast beef sandwiches without horseradish does not make sandwiches.

We all live in our own projected sanitariums, some more complicated than others, growing as we age. When the projections become complex, we sometimes simplify so that we can move forward. It's what we miss when we simplify that marks our innocence.

A benign enemy is better than a dangerous friend. But making that choice between the two can make a dangerous enemy out of dangerous friend.

If we follow our history of society, we can see patterns in our advances. If we consider mankind, as a whole, to be a creature instead of a species, we might consider that the need for freedom, as a trait, permits adaptability and generalization - providing a broader chance for the creature to survive. The more freedom we have, the more potential we have to react in a way that permits our survival. More freedoms, more likely to survive.

Bureaucracy protects decision-makers from the results of their decisions. Imagine a non-lethal electrical shock administered to a decision-maker for every poor choice made. I can dream, can't I?

When something goes wrong, some people stick in that moment to find a solution to the problem that they can live with. This can take a very long time.

If I wanted to control the world, the first thing I would do would be to control all the information and decide who gets to see what. Sort of like the present copyright and patent systems do.

The world is full of victims. Some know that they are victims, others do not. Some are victims of themselves and blame others, some are victims that blame themselves - but most victims are victims because of both others and themselves. Yes, someone may do someone wrong - and the first time, as the saying goes, is the fault of the aggressor. It's the robbing of an innocence.

Another saying states that those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. This is where the 'shame on me' aspect of the first saying comes into play. This is where the victims victimize themselves and, perhaps, others.

All of this stands at an individual level, and because of that it stands at all levels where individuals are part of a collective.

After the loss of innocence, the victim plays an increasing role in further victimization. What is tricky is that the victim has to realize that there was a loss of innocence in the first place.