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First edition
Table of Contents
Part One
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
If you want to shine like the sun, first you have to burn like it.
Things are not always right because they are hard, but if they are right one must not mind if they are also hard.
For there is one thing we must never forget; the majority can never replace the man.
The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes
The true guide of life is to do what is right.
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck
Life doesn’t forgive weakness.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have
Mankind grew strong through eternal struggle; it follows that he shall perish through eternal peace
God’s and beasts, that is what our world is made of
Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat
The price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts
If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Words build bridges into unexplored regions
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right
Epilogue
In the not too distant future
Awakening
Revelation
If the oceans die, we die. We can’t live on this planet with a dead ocean
The New Frontier
There’s money to be made by driving a species extinct
There is no such thing as sustainable seafood in a dying ocean
Bad actors make convincing politicians
Lesson 1: Greed stops the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment
Death is a great Equaliser
Life is a terminal illness
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master