The Hand

"The masses seek peace because they lack the strength for perpetual conflict."

"I have learned that hope is the last refuge of the defeated."

"Every funeral I have attended has been a lesson in mortality's irrelevance."

"The forest does not pity the fallen tree. Neither do I pity weakness."

"I have created art through the arrangement of corpses and ruins."

"Science is merely the language through which power speaks to power."

"I do not listen to music—I conduct the symphony of suffering."

"Faith in myself has carried me through centuries when others faded to dust."

"A true leader does not ask for loyalty—he compels it through respect and fear."

"Work is the crucible in which weakness is burned away."

"I do not dream of a better world—I have the will to create one."

"Humor is the refuge of the powerless. I have no need for such escapes."

"Beauty fades, but the scars of power endure eternally."

"I have learned that adventure is merely the path of the directionless."

"Money cannot buy immortality, but it can purchase the years toward it."

"Health is the foundation upon which empires are built."

"I do not seek imagination—I deal in absolute reality and its manipulation."

"Technology serves the powerful. The weak serve technology."

"History will remember me as the man who refused to fade away."

"Philosophy teaches us to accept our fate. I have always rejected mine."

"Literature speaks of heroes and honor. I have learned to transcend such quaint notions."

"Politics is simply violence dressed in formal attire."

"War is the only honest expression of human nature and ambition."

"I do not motivate others—they follow because they must."

"Inspiration flows from the fountain of power toward the thirsty masses."

"All relationships are master and servant. I have always chosen the former."

"In solitude, I have discovered the infinite capacity of will."

"The hand that built empires will endure long after kingdoms crumble."

"I have learned that every man has his price, his fear, his weakness."

"Perseverance is the art of wearing down all resistance through time and will."