All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.

There is only one true wealth in all the universe. I have given you some of it. I have given your father and your mate some of it. And your friends. This wealth is living time.

Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment.

The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril.