I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.
Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.
He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.