"You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of …"

"You have within you the potential to accomplish wonderful things with your life. Your greatest responsibilities are t…"

"I used to be a crime reporter for a newspaper in a midsize Canadian city. We liked to say we had a population of a mi…"

"2. , , Paris, France has been running what he calls "a socialist utopia masquerading as a bookstore" for 50 years. Hi…"

"is the anti-Paris. Lodged among the rocky cliffs on France's southern coast, it is a brash and sun-scoured city. Inst…"

"During my four months at the bookstore, I read over one hundred and fifty books. ... That's the biggest luxury in lif…"

"Ὅτι δι' αἵματος, οὐ διὰ μέλανος, τοὺς νόμους ὁ Δράκων ἔγραψεν."

"Δημοσθένης ἐμὲ βούλεται διορθοῦν, ἡ ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν."

"A corrupted and weakened community breaks down in immense catastrophes; the iron harrow of revolutions crushes men li…"

"Neither walls, theatres, porches, nor senseless equipage, make States; but men who are able to rely upon themselves."