Be prepared Quote by Thucydides

“When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire…

— Jack London

Before modern man can gain control over the forces that now threaten his very existence, he must resume possession of himself. This sets the…

— Lewis Mumford

“Our city must remember that in the ranks of its enemies, lie hid fellow citizens to be, and that it is well to bear…

— Saint Augustine of Hippo

“This is the city of disguises.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“it is a fact that a man can be profoundly out of step with his times. A man may have been born in a…

— Amor Towles

“If everyone saw himself as a citizen of the world rather than of his town, city or country, the world would be a more…

— Jim Rogers

“When no possessions keep us, when no countries contain us, and no time detains us, man becomes a heroic wanderer, and woman, a wanderess.”

— Roman Payne

“It's the place built out of Man's ceaseless failure to overcome himself. Out of Man's endless war against himself we build our successes as…

— Nelson Algren

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.

— Calvin Coolidge

“For it is a fact that a man can be profoundly out of step with his times. A man may have been born in…

— Amor Towles

“A man who conquers himself has no need to conquer those around him”

— VD

“There is no virtue in concealment. When the earth is rendered chaos, regulations of speech and propriety are rendered impotent, just as city may…

— M.T. Anderson