Barry Eisler Quote

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle...

The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs.

Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for.

We have become used to obstructionist ideas. In the name of modernisation we are unconsciously hindering the natural flow of life. The fact that we are irritated, depressed, and distressed speaks volu...

Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

There is no law against delaying action to weigh it in thought.

To incessantly blame others for my shortcomings is cowardice borne of fear, fed by fear, and haunted by fear. To be steadfastly accountable for my shortcomings is bravery borne of God, fed by God, and...

Avoidance is paying forward that which I would be much wiser to pay off.