Søren Kierkegaard on risk

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I…I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost1874–1963The Road Not Taken (1915), Mountain Interval (1916, 1920), The Road Not Taken, st. 4In context

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969

• Leadership

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein1879–1955