Lex Luthor

"The future belongs to those with vision and the will to seize it."

"Technology is my canvas, and civilization is my masterpiece."

"Weakness is a choice made by those lacking the vision to overcome it."

"Knowledge is power, but only if you're the only one who possesses it."

"Time spent reflecting is time wasted on the path to dominion."

"The truth is a weapon for the intelligent and a prison for the naive."

"Love complicates everything it touches. That's why I've eliminated it from my equation."

"Change is opportunity for those with the intellect to exploit it."

"Family is the first cage society uses to limit human potential."

"Friendship is merely alliance before betrayal becomes profitable."

"The only true freedom is freedom from the need for others' approval."

"History repeats because the masses lack imagination for improvement."

"Nature's chaos is the raw material of civilization's order."

"Art is beautiful precisely because it's useless to survival."

"Science demands proof; faith demands surrender. I choose science."

"Philosophy is what the powerless study to feel profound about their impotence."

"Justice is simply power with a moral justification."

"Faith in anything but oneself is a form of slavery."

"Patience is a weapon only the confident can truly master."

"Perseverance is the mark of those too stubborn to accept defeat."

"Gratitude is the emotion of the eternally indebted."

"Creativity without logic is merely chaos with a narrative."

"Beauty is subjective, but power is absolute."

"Death is the one thing I refuse to accept as inevitable."

"The world is not divided into good and evil, but capable and incapable."

"Every person I encounter is either an asset or an obstacle."

"Solitude is where I've conducted my greatest work."

"Kindness is the luxury of those secure in their power."

"Adventure is for those who've already secured their empire."

"Hope is what I offer my employees—false hope, but hope nonetheless."