Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

the drowning man who climbs on your shoulders to save himself is understandable—except when you see it happen in the drawing room.

There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man—with human flesh.

Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Give as few orders as possible. Once you’ve given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.