Das Blau in seinem Blick multiplizierte und intensivierte sich, während er sich weiter zu mir vorlehnte. Irrtum, bemerkte ich: Ich zog ihn näher.

a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.

There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong

Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained. This is what tyrants live on and by what commoners are blissfully burdened and subdued.

With the threat of them being potential spies or saboteurs, nobody will argue against our actions, and history itself will vindicate us.

the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it's during the harshest we find out how strong we really are.