We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.

Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.

Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.

Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.