The Hand

"I have built my empire on the foundation of other men's despair."

"Fear is the tool I wield most effectively against my enemies."

"The change that matters is the change imposed by force, not consensus."

"Education without discipline produces nothing but idealistic fools."

"Justice is merely the victory of the strong over the weak, dressed in principle."

"I have learned that gratitude is a sentiment for the powerless."

"Creativity without purpose is merely the distraction of children."

"Philosophy is the luxury of those who have already secured their power."

"Literature reveals the dreams of the inferior. I have no need for such fantasies."

"Politics is the art of imposing one's will through the manipulation of lesser minds."

"Beauty is the weapon of those too weak to wield other instruments."

"I do not inspire—I command, and lesser wills bend or break."

"The imagination is a tool. I have learned to sharpen mine to lethal precision."

"Technology is merely the modern expression of eternal principles of power."

"Adventure is for those without a clear purpose. I have always known mine."

"Music can move the masses because they lack the strength to resist emotion."

"Faith in anything but oneself is the delusion of the spiritually weak."

"I have learned that all empires are built on the graves of the unworthy."

"The kind hand is the hand that teaches through pain and consequence."

"Everything of value in this world is purchased with suffering."

"I have walked too long in darkness to fear the absence of light."

"The man who questions his path has already begun to lose it."

"I do not seek happiness—I seek dominion, and that is far superior."

"Every limitation placed upon me has become a weapon in my hands."

"The world will remember my name because I have forced it to."

"Change comes when the old guard is either enlightened or eliminated."

"I have learned that loyalty is the currency of those too weak to stand alone."

"The pursuit of knowledge is worthless without the will to apply it ruthlessly."

"I have transcended time itself through sheer force of will and discipline."

"Love weakens. I have chosen power instead, and I do not regret it."