The Book
From February 2011
History Conventional and Unconventional
The Stalin Hitler Pact
From March 2011
Venchka! An American Victory in Russia
From June 2011.
From July 2011.
Freedom of Political Correctness
From September 2011.
From October 2011.
From November 2011.
A few of my aphoristic phrases from my Apte Dictum section
The “pursuit of happiness” is a false pursuit, unless we first define “happiness” as something worthy of being pursued.
America must have humility as the sugar coating on the bitter pill of her strength, if she wants the world to swallow the pill. Arrogance is the self-defense of the weak, it is unbecoming a great nation.
The justice of the strong is peace; The justice of the weak is war. It follows, in part, that the war of the strong is an injustice.
Come to think of it, all scientific discovery is made utterly impossible by the logic of multiple choice. The cultivation of the “multiple choice mindset” develops slave mentality.
It is surprising how many people are at home in faraway places where they have never been and know nothing about, but completely homeless in their own back yard.
Let the fish enjoy its water, but let it not convince us to abandon the high ground.
“Death before dishonor”
are empty words. The real dishonor is running away from life.
Come to think of it, under the strongest armor and finest silk, every Emperor has no clothes.
Freedom of speech is worthless when we don’t know what we are talking about.
You know that you are in a really bad shape when your enemies rally to your defense.
I’ve been wondering for quite some time now whether we-the-people are still related to Uncle Sam…
Carrots and Sticks may be a successful policy with donkeys, but humans and nations may not be quite as predictable as donkeys are.
It is so terribly humiliating when a great superpower tells others, “I want this!” …and does not get it.
America today is like a man whose house key is so well-made that he thinks it can open all doors.
The greatest patriot is an exceptional person who is capable of identifying himself with his unexceptional fellow countrymen more than with the members of his own international exceptional club, species una sumus, transcending all national borders.
The best makeup artists in the world are the morticians…
Objectivity
means giving our subjective freshly cooked pastry a chance to cool down before we thrust our teeth into it.
Talking is like driving: the more of it you do, the higher is the chance of an accident.
One way of looking at it, objectivity is a multiplicity of subjectivities.
If you wish to learn something about the herd, learn from the shepherds, not from the sheep.
Some people can be compared to a gold mine: a shabby entrance, but plenty of gold in there.
In most people’s brains, there are not only white cells and gray cells, but also prison cells, in which they incarcerate their God-given free spirit.
There are different ways of playing the hero, and martyrdom may well be the easiest of them.
This book is a collection of my thoughts about subjects which interest me (philosophy, religion, economics, politics, history, etc.), comments on world events, reflections on my personal experiences, and other things. Altogether there are over 2,000 entries in it, which in most cases can be read independently from the others. The subjects vary quite significantly, so that most readers are sure to find many things of particular interest to them, using the list of sectional and individual titles as a guide to the subject matter. I also think that there will be a substantial interest in reading this book even among those who have no idea of who I am. In other words, its value does not depend on its author’s “celebrity status.”
