“The great majority of the early martyrs were Christians of a type which the Church would latter classify as heretic.”Tagged: Martyrdom, Secularism
“I felt in his soul a cold steel, I felt in his mind a deep irony against which nothing great or good, even his own destiny, was proof.”Tagged: Life
“Bonaparte was a man who, when he was in his cradle, had been given by the Good Fairy gifts beyond the imagination of most men. But she had denied him things that most people, however humble, take for granted–the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood, right and wrong.”Tagged: Life, Sociopath
“He had not a good memory for proper names, words and dates, but it was prodigious for facts and localities.”Tagged: Life
“It says a lot for [Napoleon's] ebullient self confidence, or maybe for his belief in his destiny; that having failed at one uncongenial end of Europe, he was ready to risk a second front at the other end, which was even less hospital to his methods.”Tagged: Life, Productivity
“Napoleon described his mind and work life as a series of drawers. Open one, shut the other.”Tagged: Life, Productivity
“His fellow workmen break down and sink under the burden imposed on them and he supports them without feeling the weight.”Tagged: Life
“Napoleon understood that fear was power and that making the enemy fear you was half the battle. Everything he did—from artillery to movement—was designed to heighten his army's power by intimidating the enemy.”Tagged: strategy
“In WWII, Churchill switched his wardrobe to a series of 'rompers' which he could sleep in, work in, and easily change in and out of. The public loved it.”Tagged: strategy, Leadership
“What made Napoleon such a dangerous opponent was his ability to seize upon a gap in his enemy's defenses with extraordinary alertness and respond to it with an aggression move at high speed.”Tagged: strategy