The modern hypocrite gives the designation "respect" to what is nothing but fear of the powerful. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.

Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of persons who dislike the work don’t count — there is no such thing as the opposite of buying your book,

it is impossible for our brain to see anything in raw form without some interpretation. We may not even always be conscious of it.